Oscar Slater's Sentence
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
Oscar Slater's Sentence is an article published in The Times on 6 march 1925.
Oscar Slater's Sentence
The Scottish Office has declined to accede to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's appeal that Oscar Slater, condemned to penal servitude for life in 1909 for the murder of a woman in Glasgow, should be released.
The Secretary for Scotland states in a letter that he does not feel justified in advising any interference with Slater's sentence, but added that he was prepared to see Sir A. Conan Doyle should he desire an interview, Sir A. Conan Doyle replied:— "As your decision is announced, I can see no object in an interview. I need not say that I am disappointed. I have done my best to set this injustice right. The responsibility must now lie with you."
