HC Deb 14 December 1916 vol 88 c927W
Mr. GINNELL

asked whether, in the cases of the forty-six persons executed and of the forty-two persons transported for life for political offences in India in 1915, all or any were allowed legal assistance of their own choosing?

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN

Yes, Sir. All these persons had by law a right to legal assistance of their own choosing.