§ MR. SEXTONI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that at Woodford Petty Sessions on Monday last District Inspectors Wade and Dulton sat upon the Bench with Mr. Hickson, R. M., and Mr. Lewis, J. P., a local landlord, during the hearing of cases against tenants of Lord Clanricarde; and whether it is in accordance with the regulations of the Constabulary that District Inspectors should sit on the Bench?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURThe Constabulary Authorities report that the District Inspectors referred to did not sit upon the Magisterial Bench, but upon a form at the end of it. They occupied this position, as there was no room to sit at the table in the body of the Court. I have suggested that in future they should occupy a seat in the body of the Court.
§ MR. SEXTONWill the right hon. Gentleman turn his advice into an instruction? It is simply indecent that officers who are frequently the prosecutors should take a seat on the Bench.
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURI can only repeat it ought not to be the case.