Captain FABERasked whether any arrests have been made in respect of cattle-drives on the night of 10th April off four farms in the vicinity of Portarlington, in King's County; what was the number of cattle driven; and whether the purpose of the drive is known?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThere were no cattle drives in King's County on the night of 10th April. I have already given, in reply to a question of the hon. Member for Dulwich on 22nd April, details of two drives which took place on the night of the 12th April. An attempt which was made on the night of the 19th April to drive 107 cattle off the lands of Fenter was frustrated by the police, who were in ambush on the farm. Two persons were arrested and three others identified. They have been returned for trial on a charge of unlawful assembly.