HC Deb 01 July 1897 vol 50 cc861-2
MR. JAMES DALY (Monaghan, S.)

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1) whether he is aware that last week, before Mr. Byrne, magistrate, Dublin, a student named Robert Davis, and a labourer named William Greville, were charged by the police with fighting in the streets of Dublin; (2) whether he can say why the student was acquitted and the labourer sent to gaol for a month; and (3) whether he will get the case of Greville reconsidered with a view to his release?

THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. GERALD BALFOUR,) Leeds, Central

The facts are as stated in the first paragraph. Greville made no defence and was fined in a sum of 40s. or, in default of payment, to be imprisoned for one month. The student was acquitted on the ground that he had acted in self-defence. Any memorial that may be received from Greville praying for a mitigation of his sentence will be considered by the Lords Justices in the usual way.