§ MR. J. P. FARRELL (Cavan, W.)I beg to ask Mr. Attorney General for Ireland whether his attention has been called to the fact that at the recent assizes at Inniskillen, being the assize court in and for the county of Fermanagh, the judge assessed a sum of £30 on two divisions of county Cavan, although neither the clerk of the rural district or the county council of Cavan were apprised by notice of such claim on their district; and whether by legislation or otherwise he will take steps to provide redress to councils in such cases.
§ MR. ATKINSONThe Judge of Assize exercised, on the occasion mentioned, the same jurisdiction as that formerly exercised by the Judges of Assize under the Grand Jury System. The practice having worked well, it is not proposed to alter it by legislation.