§ MR. T. D. SULLIVAN (Donegal, W.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been called to the fact that Colonel Bulboy, Resident Magistrate at Arranmore Petty Sessions, County Donegal, in June 1892, fined a number of persons in various sums of money for trespass of cattle on a mountain belonging to a gentleman whose property is at present in the Landed Estates Court; and that Mr. Orr, Resident Magistrate at Arranmore Petty Sessions, in July 1892, for a like alleged offence, imposed fines upon another number of persons; were those convictions and fines legal under 14, and 15 Vic. c. 92, s. 20; how many of those fines were paid; and will the Government order the money to be refunded?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. J. MORLEY,) Newcastle-upon-TyneThese were cases of trespass at the suit of the Receiver under the Court of Chancery, acting by direction of the Head Receiver of the Court. The defendants were ordered to pay trespass rates under the 14th and 15th Vic. cap. 92, sec. 20, but were not fined. In 20 out of 22 cases these rates were paid. The trespass orders are payable to the complainants, not to the Crown, and the latter cannot interfere.