HC Deb 24 February 1882 vol 266 c1535
MR. MOLLOY

drew the attention of the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, to the cases tried at the Petty Sessions of Fahy, King's County, on 13th February instant, viz. the cases of Saunderson v. Meredith, Lenchan v. Meredith, and the same v. the same, each being cases of assault, and asked if it be true that the defendant Meredith was convicted in each case, and compelled to enter into and find sureties of £100 each to keep the peace for twelve months; whether the said Saunderson is the Dr. Saunders, the medical doctor of the district, and Lenchan, the other plaintiff, is the servant of Dr. Saunderson; whether the said Meredith is Mr. Charles Meredith of Coolville of Rhode, in the said county, and is at present under military protection; whether, upon the decision above-mentioned of the presiding magistrate, the said Meredith expressed his contempt for the decision given, and then called upon the people "to Boycott Dr. Saunderson," and expressed his intention of using his efforts to do so; and, if this be the case, whether he will issue a warrant for the apprehension of the said Meredith; and, if not, if he will release those whom he has imprisoned upon the same charge?

MR. W. E. FORSTER

, in reply, said, that the statements in the Question were only partially accurate. The said Meredith was not the Mr. Charles Meredith alluded to; the gentleman in question had been at one time in a lunatic asylum, and was not wholly accountable for his actions.