HC Deb 13 November 1882 vol 274 cc1288-9
MR. BIGGAR

asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Is it a fact that Mayor Wyse, R. M., at present stationed at Newry, has sentenced everyone who uses the Casual Ward of the Newry Workhouse to one month's imprisonment as alleged vagrants; and, whether these cases are usually tried in private?

MR. TREVELYAN

In reference to this Question, Major Wyse reports as follows:— I deny, in the most distinct manner possible, that I ever sentenced everyone who uses the casual ward of the Newry Workhouse to one month's imprisonment as alleged vagrants, or have heard such cases in private. Since Major Wyse has been stationed in Newry 366 casuals have obtained relief in the workhouse, and of that number only 10 have been brought before him charged with offences. Under the Vagrancy Act these cases were properly heard out of Petty Sessions.