CATTLE-DRIVING IN IRELAND

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2070, 23 December 1907, Page 2

CATTLE-DRIVING IN IRELAND

STATEMENT BY MR. ASQUITH. THE CRIME MUST AND WOULD BE PUT DOWN. United Press Association —Copyright LONDON, Dec. 20. Mr. Asquith, speaking at Aberdeen, said that cattle-driving was a reprehensible peculiarity of the unpatriotic, tending to cripple one of Ireland’s most im]x>rtant industries. It must and would bo put down. AIR. GINNELL SENTENCED FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT. STRONG REMARKS BY THE COURT. PEOPLE THOROUGHLY DEMORALISED. (Received Dec. 22, 4.40 p.m.) LONDON, Dec. 21. The Hand Judges’ Court, Dublin, has ordered All*. Ginneli, who did not appear, to be arrested and imprisoned for six months for contempt of court, in connection with his speech at. Kilskyre. . Air. Justice Ross decided that the speech was a crime. He wished it to be clearly understood that the prosecution had not- been undertaken at the instance of the Irish Government.. The cattle-driving movement had demoralised the people to an extent unequalled within Ins memory. Tho wrong-doers laughed at the authorities’ futile efforts, and the King’s subjects no longer had conficle-nco in tlio efficacy of tli© la-vv in tho protection of proper!y and liberty. In the present case the defendant dared to turn the swollen tide of lawlessness and violence upon an estate tbiat was under the Court’s immediate protection.