CHARGE OF INTIMIDATION AGAINST AN M.P.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2638, 22 June 1877, Page 2

CHARGE OF INTIMIDATION AGAINST AN M.P.

At We3tminsLer,JMJrNeater solicitor, attended before Mr. Woolrych and applied for process 1* against' Mr; "Philip' Callan, M.P. for Dundalkt for' abusive and threatening language 1 in the lobby of the House pti^mmaatr.jTbe application was made «Berthe Tblfce\Act.* -'Mr Woolryeh said that referred only to public "piaess:'" "He should consider in his own mind that the House of Commons was a private-place; /MrNeale thought not for this purpose. Mr Woolrych said he should like to have a plan of the? ,locus in quo. ,- He. might ,know the place",-w>ll ( enough; but it jgrpuld be better to have a plan. While a rough phn was being sketched, 3dr Meade explained the circumstances. He said the gentleman he appeared for^jras^a-member of the Press and Loridod correspondent of .^ provincial, journal. He had duly re[ported' the discussion -which arose on a motion of Mr Faweett's, and in which the Home,Eulers^ took"/part;" There was a i great deal of laughter, and the re- ! port of fthe -proceedings -wm<:correct. In the lobby or corridor of the House Mr Callanthus addressed him, " I beg to ,tell you you are a ■ drunken liar; you are a'.disgrace-'to'/comerhere among gentlemen, and you ought":to be kicked out" of the lobby,jand cFre a good mind to bring .the to do it." This was the abusive language. The threat was, " This is the^'HouW pf Commons, or I've a good Vmind ; to, [give it to you, and if you'll come ( outa.ide I'll do it for you or tbrashfyou.', I'^1'^ Mr Callan continued a line of intimidating* conduct right along the corridors po much so that the reporter really feared violence. The hon.. member was, , no. doubt., labouring ' under great excitemep^-.at' the' time, but that could not justify" this conduct, especially *as "thY report of'tfie proceedings were accurate. Mr Woolrycli, after exam* ining the plan produced; said thai the locus in quo was in the very heart of flic-House o{ Commons, and could not. be .called a public place. He therefore could not issue the .prioceßs ask^d fpr.f^-lfome News.