§ Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is in a position to give the number of natives of Nigeria who have been tried and executed during the year 1926 without being allowed to employ counsel in defence in the Courts; and what is the complete number of such executions during the last five years?
§ Mr. ORMSBY-GOREIn 1926 the number of persons executed after trial48W before the Provincial and Native Courts was 59. The figures for previous years are:
1922 87 1923 89 1924 72 1925 73