CORK RIOTS.
KILLING OF FARMER’S SON Judge Criticises Police. Press Association—Copyright. Received 1 p.m. Dublin, April 5. Declaring that there was ne justification for the police firing a fusillade on men huddled in a lorry and on others running to escape, Mr. Justice Hanna, in the Dublin High Court, awarded an Irish farmer £3OO damages for the killing of his son, who was shot it Cork during disturbances due to the sale of seized cattle. The Judge said it was a prima • facie case of manslaughter. “The three defendants.’* he added, “were members of a special branch of the police, formed in 1933, who were not given the ordinary training and discipline. I am satisfied that they were selected, mainly for their skill and experience with a gun. It was alleged that twenty shots were fired in the air, but I do not think these men would waste a shot.”
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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 400, 6 April 1937, Page 5
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150CORK RIOTS. Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 400, 6 April 1937, Page 5
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