UNHAPPY IRELAND. THE MONSTROUS SENTENCES OF THE COURT OF APPEAL

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 259, 28 April 1888, Page 5

UNHAPPY IRELAND. THE MONSTROUS SENTENCES OF THE COURT OF APPEAL

London, Apiil 25. i In tin; House of Common^ a motion 1 cen.suting llio In^h judges for incieas- ' ing the sentence-, on those sentenced • foi inciting lesistancc, was i ejected by ,i niujoiity oi "'I. Mi 'h'.stin MeiCulliv, M () . (oi Londonderry, con- . demned Lhe mwetisc of .vjiitenees im- ! j)o-=od !>y tlif Appeal Com ton lii.shsul) jecK Si i \\ . iliiiconi t, speaking on tho 1 ijue^l joii, said tii.it tlio niachineiy of thu , A|i|)c,i Court wa^ -.nnplv an engine of In ut. d and teiorious oj)j)H i s'»ion, and it. w .is u-.nU loi tlic (loveiniaont to a>-i!inr ilmiomiicc o\ \\}\;\[ was taking ,laic in connet tiou with .tflaiis in Lreimd Mi A.-) lUillom, fteuetau foi licl.ind, d'-iiicd that iheie had been an\ nitei ti'ience b\ the Executive {'ouiicil with lhe adniinistiatiou of the l.url Mi (il.vdslonc "-aid the ( Jovei nni'ju}. weie res|)onsil)le t'oi the nit induction ot the foul and odiouiticM | ita h f \ and eufo: cement of law in fi eland, toi nnlk'cli theie was no precedent, and In: a-oeited that the A }>]>(, il (Joints iiad been ci nelly and wantons u^cd against tho-,e m custody. The motion, ho\ve\ei, \iib negatived.

limn., April 2f. 1 li- I luline&h the Pope ha^ instructed tlie Bishop of li eland to order the clci^y to iilistfim fiom takinir part in an) illegal meetings in thai country, and .iKo to a\oid connection with any M'ltetot politic d societies.

Lom>on. April 25. The appeal of Mr Jasper Pyne, M.P. for Watetfoid, who u<i-> sentenced to m\ weeks' imprisonment for inciting leiiM.ime to the sheuh", was buccessful and t he i;on\ lction hu-. been ({Hashed.