HC Deb 20 March 1885 vol 296 c41
MR. BIGGAR

asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, If he will issue a Special Commission, on an early date, for the examination of five or six independent witnesses, in Belfast (whose names shall be furnished), who are prepared to controvert and disprove, on oath, the statements made by Colonel Forbes when his magisterial conduct and character were impeached in a recent Police Court prosecution in his district; and, if so, would the Commission be authorised to receive general evidence as to his alleged partisanship on the occasion in question?

MR. CAMPBELL - BANNEEMAN

The Government see no necessity to issue any such Commission.