IRELAND
SINN FEIN LAWLESSNESS. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, February 19. Four hundred Sinn Feiners, in the name of the Irish Republic, have taken over 200 acres of grazing land at Gonteen, County Sligo, for cropping purposes. There was an extraordinary scene at the Police Court at Ennis, when 22 youths were charged with " cattle driving'." A Sinn Fein leader made a dramatic "appearance in court. He blew three blasts on a whistle, and ordered his Sinn Fein followers to stand up. The prisoners then climbed out of the dock and escaped.
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Evening Star, Issue 16664, 21 February 1918, Page 6
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96IRELAND Evening Star, Issue 16664, 21 February 1918, Page 6
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