ULSTER AND HOME RULE.
THE BELFAST RIOTS.
ALLEGED "PACKED" BENCH,
By Telegraph.— Association— London*, November 3. The Crown has entered a nolle pro* sequi in the case of the men who were arrested in connection with the disturbances which occurred in July between the Orange and Catholic factions in Belfast, but they were re- i arrested on the magistrate's war-j rant: ''
The Crown Solicitor demanded that the case be heard by a magistrate instead of by eight justices of the peace, declaring that the Bench was "packed." The police, acting on the Crown's instructions, refused to produce the prisoners, and the hearing of the case was adjourned.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15142, 5 November 1912, Page 7
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