§ 29. Mr. Stephenasked the Secretary of State for Scotland on what grounds Mr. Douglas Young has been denied the right of Protestation for Remied of Law guaranteed by Article XVIII of the Treaty of Union; and whether he will take the necessary steps to secure for Mr. Young his rights in this connection.
§ The Lord Advocate (Mr. G. R. Thomson)Mr. Young was convicted in the Sheriff Court at Paisley on 12th June, 1944, on a charge of contravening Regulation 8os of the Defence (General) Regulations. He appealed to the High Court of Justiciary and his appeal was dimissed on 6th October, 1944. He presented a protest for Remied of Law purporting to proceed in virtue of an Act of the Scots Parliament of 1695. The Secretary of State refused to entertain his protest as the law is clear that there has never been, whether before 1707 or afterwards any appeal from the Court of Justiciary to Parliament.