§ MR. W. JOHNSTON (Belfast, S.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is able to state the result of the trial of the men of the Coast Seamen's Union of the United States, for kidnapping five sailors of the Belfast steamship Bawnmore, at Nanaimo, British Columbia, on 18th January?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. BUXTON,) Tower Hamlets, PoplarThe leaders of the men of the Coast Seamen's Union of the United States who kidnapped five sailors of the Belfast steamship Bawnmore, at Nanaimo, British Columbia, on January 18th, have been tried at Nanaimo, and three of them have been convicted and sentenced to terms of imprisonment varying from one to three years.