§ MR. HAYDEN (Roscommon, S.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that in a case against Luke Gibney on a charge of offensive and threatening language, heard at Delvin Petty Sessions, the plaintiff having declared he was not afraid of defendant, Mr. Olphert, R.M., the presiding magistrate, called upon the police sergeant to make an information which he dictated to him, and upon which the defendant was bound to the peace; and whether, in view of this proceeding on the part of the magistrate, the rule of bail will be withdrawn.
(Answered by Mr. Walter Long.) This case was heard in July, 1902, and the rule of bail expired in July, 1903. I cannot enter upon a consideration of the magistrate's decision. It was open to the defendant to test the legality of the decision by proceedings in a higher Court.