§ MR. LONSDALE (Armagh, Mid.)I beg to ask Mr. Attorney-General for Ireland whether he is aware that at the third hearing of the charge of unlawful assembly at Roscomroe preferred against sixteen men before the Roscrea bench, when the magistrates for the third time disagreed, the Crown Solicitor said the Attorney-General would send the case for trial himself, they were not going to have throe or four adjournments for nothing; and whether it is his intention to send these men for trial, having regard to the fact that a majority of the Roscrea bench, at the fourth hearing, refused informations.
§ THE SOLICITOR-GENERAL For IRELAND (Mr. BARRY, Tyrone, N.)My right hon. friend has asked me to answer this Question. The Crown Solicitor has reported that he made no such statement as is attributed to him in the Question. It was one of the magistrates who remarked that the Attorney- 370 General could himself send up a Bill at assizes. It is a fact that the magistrates eventually refused to receive informations in the case. My right hon. friend has since fully considered the case, and having regard to the fact that eight of the accused persons have already been returned for trial at the next assizes for a similar offence as regards the same farm at a later date, he has decided that it is not necessary to take further action in this case.