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Mr. DUNCAN MILLAR
asked the Secretary for Scotland the number of cases in which proceedings have already been taken in Scotland under the provisions of the Criminal Law Amendment. Act passed last Session, giving in each case where a conviction was obtained, the nature of the charge and the penalty imposed?
| District. | Cases. | Nature of Charge. | Penalty Imposed. |
| Aberdeen | 5 cases, viz.— | ||
| 1. Alex. Smith | Con. of Immoral Traffic Act, 1902, as amended by the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1912 | 3 months' hard labour | |
| 2. Wm. Milne | 4 months' hard labour | ||
| 3. Wm. Goloforpe | 5 months' hard labour | ||
| 4. Elsie Ann Elrick and John Elrick | 6 months' imprisonment | ||
| 5. Isabella Grant Cameron | 6 months' hard labour | ||
| Ayr | 1 case, viz.— | ||
| Robert Thomson | 6 month's imprisonment | ||
| Edinburgh | 4 cases, viz.— | ||
| 1. Anthony Judge | 6 month's imprisonment | ||
| 2. Hamilton Tennant | 6 month's imprisonment | ||
| 3. James D. McGruer | 6 month's improisonment | ||
| 4. Huh Kelly | 30 days imprisonment | ||
| Glasgow | 33 cases, viz.— | ||
| 1. Robert Murphy | Lived on the immoral earnings of a woman | 3 month's imprisonment | |
| 2. Edward Rice | 6 months's hard labour | ||
| 3. James Sharp | Diet deserted | ||
| 4. John Reilly | 6 month's hard labour | ||
| 5. John Hughes | Not proven | ||
| 6. John Finlay | Diet deserted | ||
| 7. Andrew Lawrie | Diet deserted | ||
| 8. Wm. M. Cambell | 6 months hard labour | ||
| 9. Andrew McLuskey | Not proven | ||
| 10. Peter Kenealey | Diet deserted pro loco tempore | ||
| 11 Patrick Brady | 6 month's hard labour | ||
| 12. Hugh Campbell | 6 month's imprisonment | ||
| 13. James Clinton | 6 month's hard labour | ||
| 14. James Straiton alias Williamson | 6 month's hard labour | ||
| 15. Wm. Ewing | 6 month's hard labour | ||
| 16. Alex. Waddell | 6 month's hard labour | ||
| 17. John Murray | 6 month's hard labour | ||
| 18. Michael McGrorty | 6 month's hard labour | ||
| 19. Thos. Galbraith | Solicited girls for immoral purposes | Not proven | |
| 20. John M. Orr | Indecently exposed his person and solicited girls for immoral purposes | 6 month's hard labour | |
| 21. John McCulloch | Solicited girls for immoral purposes | Not proven | |
| 22. George Stewart | Lived on the immoral earnings of a woman | 6 month's hard labour | |
| 23. Wm. Traynor | 6 month's hard labour | ||
| 24. Chas. McChee | 6 month's hard labour | ||
| 25. Peter McEwen | 6 month's hard labour | ||
| 26. Thos. Sweeney | 6 month's hard labour | ||
| 27. Edward Crozier | Not proven | ||
| 28. Thos. McGiffen | 6 month's hard labour | ||
| 29. Chas. Scott | 6 month's hard labour | ||
| 30. Denis O'Hara | Not proven | ||
| 31. Patrick Leary | 6 month's hard labour | ||
| 32. James Knight | 4 month's hard labour | ||
| 33. John Thomson | 6 month's hard labour | ||
| Paisley | 1 case, viz.— | ||
| A man | Con. Of Immoral Traffic Act, 1902, as amended by the Griminal Law Amendment Act, 1912 | 60 days' hard labour | |
| Total number of cases in which proceedings taken | 44 | ||