HC Deb 09 May 1895 vol 33 c817
MR. W. REDMOND

asked the Chief Secretary whether it was true that the Irish Government had ordered the prosecution of Mr. Michael O'Brien Dalton and other evicted tenants on the Smith-Barry estates?

MR. JOHN MORLEY

Yes, it is quite true that a prosecution has been ordered.

MR. W. REDMOND

On what ground?

MR. JOHN MORLEY

I cannot carry the grounds very fully in my head, but generally speaking, if my recollection is right, the offence with which they are charged, I think to-day, is obstructing the sale of cattle and proceedings of that kind at a fair at Tipperary.

MR. W. JOHNSTON (Belfast, S.)

In these circumstances, would the right hon. Gentleman think it expedient to repeal the Criminal Law and Procedure Act?

MR. JOHN MORLEY

These proceedings are taken under the ordinary law.

MR. W. REDMOND

asked whether the right hon. Gentleman was aware that Mr. O'Brien Dalton was the gentleman whose case was being tried when the right hon. Gentleman was in Tipperary.

MR. JOHN MORLEY

I am not aware of that. I really know very little about Mr. O'Brien Dalton except that he is charged—the charge has yet to be proved—with an offence against the law.