32. Mr. David Adamsasked the Secretary of State for War whether any further consideration has been given to the case of the young men in the Sierra Leone Heavy Battery who were sentenced by court-martial in 1939 to terms of imprisonment, ranging up to 15 years, in Freetown for mutiny; and whether any information can be given as to the result of this further review?
§ Mr. LawThe normal review of these sentences is a matter for the Officer Commanding Troops, Sierra Leone, who is the reviewing authority under the Army Act. Six men have now completed their sentences and have consequently been released. Inquiries are being made by cable as to the result of the latest review of the cases of the men still under sentence.
§ Mr. LawI am afraid I cannot give an answer to that, but I should imagine it would be a matter of days.