§ Mr. J. Williamsasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether his attention has been drawn to the case of the boy James Kennedy, 39, Scott Street, Glasgow, C.3, who found, on 17th November last, a medical practitioner's attache case, containing articles valued in court at£440, and handed it immediately to the police, to be rewarded later with the sum of 5s.; and if he will take steps to secure that an appropriate sum is awarded in such circumstances.
§ Mr. WestwoodI am informed that there was no Court valuation of this attache case and its contents, and that the owner, from whose locked car the property had been stolen, put its value at£15 when he reported his loss to the police. I understand that it is not the police practice, when restoring stolen property to the owner, to charge him anything by way of reward to a person who has found the property, but that in this particular case the owner left a reward of 5s. for the finder. The matter is not regulated by Statute and there is no ground on which I could intervene.