HC Deb 11 March 1890 vol 342 cc493-4
MR. O'HANLON

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether the master of a workhouse can prosecute inmates for insubordination, without the assistance of a solicitor, before the magistrates at Petty Sessions?

MR. A. J. BALFOUR

The Local Government Board have been advised that if the Guardians of a Union direct the summons to Petty Sessions to be brought in the name of one of their officers he can personally conduct the prosecution; but if the Guardians are themselves named as complainants in the summons they must appear before the Court by Attorney.