Homosexual Prosecutions K. C. Rothery, Roger Butler, Raymond Gregson and
Robert G. Moorcroft The Schizoid State Rashid Karapiet, R. F. Harwood, Dr. Arthur S. Wigfield, T. D. Powell-Davies, J. Boxwell Little Black Quibba E. Carol Carlisle, Mrs. Margot Holbrook 'The Trojans' Richard Macnutt Eisteddfroth Brian Way Riddle of the Sands George Watson Designs of the Year Paul Reilly Public Relations James P. Derriman HOMOSEXUAL PROSECUTIONS
SIR,—Presumably your correspondent Mr. 1. Sains- bury thinks that persons committed to Her Majesty's Prisons are 'above the law' for the period they spend there—and I wonder how 'saddened and angered' he would have been to read that a homosexually- minded youth in an overcrowded prison had cor- rupted a young man not normally afflicted in that way but who had been forced to share a cell with him. By splitting up the original unfortunate youths, one can imagine a chain reaction spreading the vice throughout the prison.
All three of your correspondents on this subject appeared to have much sympathy for the law- breaking homosexual and very little for the established forces of law and order. Mr. I. Hunter regards the young policemen decoys as 'vicious,' disregarding perhaps that the vagrant homosexuals trapped in this manner might be otherwise engaged with more susceptible young men. The secretary of the Reform Society would have us believe that rob- bery, violence and blackmail can go unpunished, and almost becomes an 'accessory after the fact' by not reporting known cases.
If these undoubtedly sincere gentlemen could take a less prejudiced view of the law they seek to re- form, I'm sure their arguments would carry more weight with the 'indifferent general public.'7--Yours faithfully.
K. C. ROTHERY
Boyne Ward, Cleaver Hospital, Heswall, Cheshire
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