§ MR. T. P. O'CONNORasked Mr. Attorney General for Ireland, Whether P. M'Manus was tried at the Drumshambo Petty Sessions on the charge of taking part in a riotous and unlawful assembly on January 2nd last; whether the charge was not dismissed; and, whether he has not since been arrested and imprisoned in Kilmainham for precisely the same alleged offence?
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. LAW)Sir, M'Manus was charged at Drumshambo Petty Sessions with the offence of intimidation under the Conspiracy and Protection of Property Act, 1875; but the ground of his arrest and imprisonment in Kilmainham, as appears by the Warrant, is riot and unlawful assembly.