HC Deb 02 June 1881 vol 261 c1867
MR. T. P. O'CONNOR

asked 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.