HC Deb 24 March 1902 vol 105 cc839-40
MR. MACVEAGH

I 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 † See page 552. 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.

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

I must refer the hon. Member to my answer given on Thursday last to a question of his identical in terms with that now put.† The delay in taking proceedings is due to the extraordinary reluctance of the parties most concerned to identify their assailants or give assistance to the police.