SHOTS IN WICKLOW.
CONSTABLE INJURED,
dancer of further violence, EVICTING LANDLQftDS. BY TELEaiuPrr—rases ASSOCIATION—copyiUGHT. (Rec, Jan, 27, U.g p.m.) London, January 27. Owing.,to threats of evictions of tenants for non-paymont of.ront' 1 , tho Loitrim County Council has rosolycd to warn the Government to restrain the landlords, or' Ijves will bo, risked in resisting the evictions) ■ " Sergeant Clenry and Constable Fitzroy, while pn duty at Suinmerhill,. County Wick* low, were fired at at night-tiroo. Nino pellets struck Fitzroy's head. One penetrated his eye, and ouo his palato. CA'l*i'LE-DRIVINt<—CIIARGICS FAIL. N ' London, January 26: A Dublin, jury acquitted , three cattledrivers tried fruitlessly before "'Mr.' Justice .Wright an November last. Nine were kcquittcd on a charge of riot and conspiracy. The jury disagreed with regard to a charge of unlawful assembly, • • ' . ■ ' SOME.JUDICIAL COMMENTS. ' Mr,. John Redmonds leader 'of the National' i?t party', is as-saying in: a speeoh at Motherwell: 11 Wo are tola that cattle driving ■is n.orimo,.'. .. . But cattle driving does aot mean stealing the cattle, - No'doubt it is an- offpnee against the law, but' we cannot call these offences outrages and crimes.". Nest day the I.oru Chief Baron of Ireland, Baron .Pnllcs, made some strong ■ comments' in opening tho Jieinsicr Assizes. , 'l'he .-"Express", reports that,, ; in announcing that, true bills would bp prosented from Co. Longford against ft number of persons'olmrged, with cattle driving, he said no political motive could ejicuf.e or justify their 'conduct, ... _ . " l mal« these'obfervations/' ho continued, "because I'seq in this morning's papers the report Of aispeech delivered yesterday, in Seoti|and by a gentleman of very,, great, eminence in the political world, whjch, if 'J allowed for one minute to be considered Jn a court of . law as an excuse or justification for-the acts of persons who nre to bo trial hare,- I would be, violating my duty. "It is an unhappy state of things that the doctrines contained in Mr. Redmond's speech aan lie. premulgatod cither, in this country or in i Scotland r-arid ' promulgated - with impunity." . Miv Justice Wright, at the Four; Courts, Dublin, when passing sentence of four months' imprisonment. on Ave Oalway peasants who were convicted of unlawful, conspiracy in connootion with cattle driving, .said: '"ihoy havo been very properly convicted of an oflonco that has been clearly proved. Unfortunately for the peace of the country, other cases Which., arp equally olear have resulted in a failure to find a unanimous verdict. "Whether that arises from, the demoralisation of the jurors of Dublin I will , not stop to inquire, but there'is no dpul)t that not only is cattle driving openly advocated, but practised,'" l Not long after the judge mado these remarks, the jury, would not agree in the case, of twentysix men from Co. Longford, who we're indicted on the usunbehnrge of unlawful assembly, riot, and conspiracy. . . ' Mr. Justice .Wright, in his charge to ' tlio jury', said there could be no doubt that on the occasion in Question thoro was an unlawful assembly, and that the prisoners 'ought to bo found guilty, In spite of this, tho jury did not convict the men, the 'foreman annonncing, after an absonce of an hour and a half, that they-had disagreed, ■ ■ "Tho Irish authorities." ,the ."Express" adds, "are already beginning to see the utter futility'of: attempting to obtain a conviction men accused of cattle driving, The Crown has now entered a nolle prosequi.in the case of the fifteen Loitrim fnnnors who were charged with riot at Drumkerrun in March of last year. These mep were tried three times, but no jury, would bring in a verdict against thorn.".,' , ; .
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 106, 28 January 1908, Page 7
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