Written Answers
Scottish Fishery Cruisers
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the tonnage of and the number of men forming the crew of each of the following vessels under the superintendence of the Scottish Fishery Board, "Vigilant," "Brenda," "Minna," "Freya," "Norna," "Rona," and "Vaila"?
The following are the particulars asked for:
| Police (Appeals) Act, 1927. | ||||||||
| Appeals received up to 30th September, 1933. Particulars of cases. | ||||||||
| — | Total Number of Appeals. | Number of Inquiries held. | Legal Aid. | Number of Appeals dismissed without inquiry. | Number of Appeals dismissed after inquiry. | Number of cases in which punishment was varied | Number of Appeals allowed. | |
| Allowed | refused. | |||||||
| Metropolitan Police Force. | 40 | 4 | 4 | — | 36 | 4 | — | — |
| City of London Police Force. | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| County forces | 23 | 8 | 7 | — | 15 | 7* | 1 | * |
| City and Borough Forces. | 27 | 7 | 7 | — | 20 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Total | 91 | 19 | 18 | — | 72 | 15 | 3 | 1 |
| * In two cases the Appeal was allowed in respect of one of the charges, but this did not affect the punishment. | ||||||||
| Fishery Cruiser. | Tonnage. | Crew. | ||
| Gross. | Net. | |||
| Vigilant | … | 134 | 44 | 15 |
| Brenda | … | 174 | 12 | 18 |
| Minna | … | 281 | 51 | 21 |
| Freya | … | 280 | 60 | 20 |
| Norna | … | 457 | 171 | 21 |
| Rona | … | 19 | Not Known | 4 |
| Vaila | … | 28 | Do. | 4 |
Police (Appeals)
asked the Home Secretary how many appeals had been received up to 30th September, 1933, under the Police (Appeals) Act, 1927, from men who had been dismissed or ordered to resign in lieu of dismissal from the Metropolitan police, City of London police, county police, and borough police, respectively; in how many cases were inquiries held; in how many cases was legal aid allowed and in how many refused; in how many cases were the appeals dismissed without an inquiry being held; in how many cases were the appeals dismissed after inquiry; in how many cases were the punishments appealed from varied; in how many cases were the appeals allowed; and how many appeals were outstanding on 30th September, 1933?
Ninety-seven appeals have been received, of which six were withdrawn or not proceeded with. The remainder were disposed of as shown in the subjoined schedule. There were no cases outstanding on 30th September.