REIGN OF TERROR
IRISH JURORS INTIMIDATED
FAIL TO ATTEND ASSIZES AT WATERFORD HEAVY FIN ES INFLICTED BY JUDGE 'By Telegraph-Praia Asiooiatinn-Oosyrlebt CRec. July 8, 7.30 p.m.) London, July 7. At the Waterford Assize.? Mr. Justice Gibson descanted bitterly when nine Jurors appeared out of 6evcnty-cight summoned, because they had received notice threatening that their lives and property, women, and children -would not be protected in futuro by the law. "It makes my Mood run cold," said Mr. Justice Gibson. "It is horrible that any Irishman should be so weak. The prisoners will remain in custody, and the Kuilty will go unpunished." The Judge defined 'the jurors' default as a crime against God and man, and fined each Grand Juror .-£IOO, special jurors .£25, and petty jurors ,£lO. There were also ft hundred patty jurors fined in the County Court.—'The Times."
ALTERNATIVE FOR JURYMEN
PINES, OR SINN FEIN VENGEANCE.
CRec. July 8, 7.30 p.m.) • - London, July 7. The "Irish Times" declares that the Waterford fines mark tho end and beginning of a chapter in Irish history. It states that jurors have tho choice of facing tho imposition of a largo fine or the vengeance of an organisation which hitshard, hits surely, and keeps whole provinces in servitude and foar. The "Freeman's Journal" quotes Cardinal Logue as stating that the Popo sympathised with Ireland's national aspirations, but he added that the Pontiff declared that they would never attain »them through crime and bloodshed, or conduct that brought God's curse on them.—United Service. FATAL "ALTERCATION A CIVILIAN SHOT. London, July 7. Military are patrolling Perns. County Wexford, following an . altercation between a policeman and a civilian, in which the latter was shot dead.—Aus.N.Z Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 244, 9 July 1920, Page 7
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282REIGN OF TERROR Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 244, 9 July 1920, Page 7
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