§ 83. Mr. McGOVERNasked the Secretary of State for Scotland the names and addresses of the two men who were arrested in connection with the alleged illegal operation on Miss Catherine Hamilton Wilson Craig, Bayfield, New-mains, Lanarkshire, which resulted in her death, and what were the reasons for their release
§ The LORD ADVOCATE (Mr. Craigie Aitchison)The names and addresses are: Tames Leslie Smith, Newmains, Lanarkshire, and Thomas Tennant Kerr, Grosvenor Terrace, Glasgow. These two men were called by the Crown as King's evidence and were thereby discharged.
§ Mr. McGOVERNWere not these men arrested for a share in this illegal operation; is it not the case that, according to the evidence led, these men exerted the utmost pressure, and that, after the refusal by the women, they induced them, by offering them good sums of money, to perform this operation; and are they not the persons really responsible for the crime?
§ The LORD ADVOCATEAs the hon. Member will see, it is quite impossible for me to enter into any discussion of the evidence led at the trial. Of course, the men were implicated, in the view of the Crown, or they would not have been called as King's evidence. The question as to who was to be call O as King's evidence was a question in the discretion of the Crown, and all relevant considerations were taken into account.