HC Deb 13 December 1922 vol 159 c2960W
Brigadier-General SPEARS

asked the Home Secretary whether he will direct that the prisoner, Douglas Carnby, aged 18, sentenced to 18 strokes of the cat, shall be examined by a psychological specialist before the sentence is carried out?

Mr. BRIDGEMAN

Every prisoner sentenced to be flogged is examined by the medical officer of the prison before the flogging is administered, and I see no advantage in calling in any outside "expert" for the purpose.