§ MR. BIGGARasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, If it is true, as reported in the "Belfast Morning News" of the 29th March instant, that at Balla Petty Sessions, held on the 28th March 1882, an Emergency man was fined in £10 for presenting a revolver and threatening to shoot a Railway guard, at Manulla Station, on the 18th instant; if the said offence was indictable, for what reason the magistrates acted summarily in a case so grave and serious; and, if the Major Bond, R.M. who presided at the trial is Major Bond, late of Birmingham?
§ THE SOLICITOR GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. PORTER), in reply, said, that at Balla Petty Sessions an Emergency man was charged with having presented a revolver at two railway officials. After hearing the case the Bench were unanimous in treating it as one of common assault, and not one that should go to the Superior Courts. They therefore dealt summarily with it, as they were entitled to do. The Major Bond referred to was Major Bond, late of Birmingham.