HC Deb 08 April 1902 vol 105 cc1261-2
MR. FIELD

I beg to ask Mr. Attorney General for Ireland whether it can be arranged that in cases in which nautical points regarding distances and limits upon which seizures of nets are made from trawlers, a nautical assessor can be appointed to assist the magistrate who tries the case originally, or the judge who hears the appeal, as is done in ordinary nautical cases.

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. ATKINSON,) Londonderry, N.

The change that the hon. Member suggests cannot be made without legislation.