§ * MR. MACVEAGHI beg to ask Mr. Attorney General for Ireland whether he is now in a position to state when the prosecutions in connection with the recent disturbances near Dromore, County Down, will take place; whether the accused persons will be proceeded against under the Criminal Law and Procedure Act; who will represent the Crown at the trial; and whether he can state the nature of the recommendations of the local police authorities on the subject of the erection of another police barracks in the neighbourhood.
§ MR. ATKINSONThe prosecutions will be ordered as soon as the complete report of the evidence available in the case, has reached me. In the meantime, I cannot, by anticipation, state what procedure will be adopted or who will conduct the proceedings on behalf of the Crown. No recommendation has been made for the erection of a police barrack in the locality, and it is not intended, therefore, to erect one.
§ MR. DILLON (Mayo, E.)As a matter of fact, has the Crimes Act ever been put in force in the cases of Orange rioters?
§ * MR. SPEAKEROrder, order That does not arise out of the Question on the Paper.
§ MR. T. W. RUSSELL (Tyrone, S.)The right hon. Gentleman said the other day that the rioters had been identified. Are they under arrest?
§ MR. ATKINSONI must ask for notice of that Question. The hon. Member must be aware that in cases of misdemeanour, bail is under ordinary circumstances accepted.
§ * MR. MACVEAGHAs these riots occurred a fortnight ago, is it not about time the right hon. Gentleman got the information we have since been asking for?
§ [No answer was returned,]