HC Deb 28 July 1881 vol 264 cc25-6
MR. PARNELL

asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, What was the period for which Mr. Clifford Lloyd originally committed the woman Margaret Coleman to prison in default of finding bail?

MR. W. E. FORSTER

, in reply, said, that Margaret Coleman was ordered to find two sureties in £ 10, and herself in £20, to be of good behaviour for six months. The order was made out at petty sessions and was legal. In default, she was actually imprisoned from the 28th June to the 8th of July, when she was released on bail.

MR. PARNELL

asked Mr. Attorney General for Ireland, Whether the order was a legal one, being made out of petty sessions, and as having been passed by one magistrate only?

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. LAW)

, in reply, said, it was quite legal.