§ Mr. BUCHANANasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware that a Mr. Connelly, residing at Bedford Street, Glasgow, is at present an inmate of Duke Street Prison, Glasgow, being kept as a prisoner without any charge being placed against him; if he can state the reason for this; and, if no charge is made, will he see that the man is released?
Mr. W. ADAMSONPeter Connelly is confined in prison for failure to implement a decree of the Glasgow Sheriff Court for the delivery of a bicycle and for payment of 13s. 4d. of expenses. The bicycle was obtained on the hire purchase system. The case is a civil one in which I have no jurisdiction to intervene.