§ MR. TULLYI beg to ask Mr. Attorney General for Ireland whether his attention has been directed to the conviction of two men, named Campbell and Leary, at Banbridge Petty Sessions, by two local justices, who had ordered the prosecution as members of the Banbridge Board of Guardians; and whether, seeing that the defendants have not been imprisoned, he will state what action he proposes to take in this case.
§ MR. ATKINSONThe proceedings in this case were instituted by the Banbridge Board of Guardians, not by the Crown. The conviction was subsequently quashed and the accused were discharged from custody. As Campbell was in custody under the illegal conviction for sixteen days and Leary for eleven, it was not thought necessary to institute a second prosecution at the suit of the police.
§ MR. SPEAKEROrder, order!