§ MR. SYNANasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 41 Whether Mr. Wallace, a respectable farmer in the parish of Pallas Kenry, in the county of Limerick, was arrested under the Prevention of Crime Act on the 14th July last, and taken a distance of nine miles before Mr. Hatchell, R. M.; whether he was ordered by the said resident magistrate to give bail for his appearance at Petty Sessions, and kept in custody the whole night until he got such bail; whether the case against him was dismissed at the Sessions; and, whether any compensation will be given to Mr. Wallace for the injuries he has been subjected to, and the costs and expenses he has been put to in defending himself?
§ MR. TREVELYANSir, Mr. Michael Wallace, the son of a farmer, was arrested under Section 11 of the Prevention of Crime Act and brought before the Resident Magistrate, who admitted him to bail to appear at the next Petty Sessions. The case against him at Petty Sessions was dismissed on the legal defence that the Proclamation applying the provisions of the Prevention of Crime Act to the district had not been posted therein at the time of the arrest. The Government does not contemplate awarding any compensation to Mr. Wallace.