§ Mr. SULLIVANasked the Home Secretary if his attention has been called to the case of a native of Motherwell, A. C. Mason, who was sentenced to death but afterwards reprieved in 533W August, 1923, and has now served nearly seven years of his life sentence; is he aware that he was convicted partly owing to discrepancy in his own evidence as given at the police court, and subsequently at his trial, and partly on the evidence of a companion in crime; and whether he will cause a searching inquiry to be made into the circumstances of the crime and the reliability of the evidence tendered at that time in regard to the part taken by this youth?
§ Mr. CLYNESMason's appeal against his conviction was dismissed by the Court of Criminal Appeal after a full hearing. I am not aware of any ground for inquiry at the present time. If entirely fresh facts bearing upon the conviction were brought to my notice, I should consider whether to refer the matter to the Court of Criminal Appeal.