IRISH OUTRAGES

Marlborough Express, Volume LIV, Issue 184, 5 August 1920, Page 5

IRISH OUTRAGES

PuBSTORATION OF ORDER BILL

TEXT ISSUED

[Press Association. 1 (Renter's Telegrams.) • LONDON, Aug. 3. The text has been issued of the -Restoration of' Order in Ireland Bill. It consists of only two clauses, which state that as the ordinary law is inadequate for -the prevention or punishment of crime and the maintenance of order in Ireland, powers are granted for the extension to Ireland of the provisions of the Defence of the Realm Act as regards trial by court-martial. ' Crimes so tried shall bo punishable with the punishment assigned thereto by Statute or common law, but it, is provided that when a person is charged with a crime punishable by -death the court-martial shall include one person, not necessarily an officer, nominated by the Lord-Lieutenant, such person being certified by the Lord Chancellor of Ireland or Lord <?hief Justice of England as possessing legal knowledge and experience.