HC Deb 06 November 1902 vol 114 cc276-7
MR. TULLY

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been directed to the case of Calderwood v. M'Curdy, heard at the Lifford Quarter Sessions, County Donegal, on 30th October last and whether, in view of the police evidence on the occasion, it is proposed to take any action under the Criminal Law and Procedure (Ireland) Act to secure the ends of justice in this matter.

MR. WYNDHAM

Calderwood sued M' Curdy of £5 damages and assault on the ground that his hat had been forcibly taken form him. The judge gave a decree for £1 and indicated that, in his opinion, the matter might well have been settled out of Court.

MR. TULLY

Did not the prosecution counsel stat that the Crimes Act should be applied to this case?

MR. WYNDHAM

NO, Sir.