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six months in jail for the same offence. The Apprentice Boys moreover had broken a government ban. Ardglass defedants had held a peaceful, lawful meeting.

An Orangeman of long standing -like his father and grandfather before him, as he boasted at a 12th rally in Enniskillen in 1958, -Walmsley was a Unionist Senator from 1957 until he became a magistrate in 1964. He remains Chair man of Linfield Football Club with all its sectarian associations. In the Senate - normally a rest-home for retired party hacks - Walmsley was unusually active and a noted apologist for the Unionist party and the Orange Order. He constantly defended the notorious Fermanagh County Council and Derry Corporation against all charges of gerrymandering, discrimination and neglect, declaring that ''the local councils have done a magnificent job to rehouse all and sundry in Co. Fermanagh." In fact Fermanagh has the worst housing record in the North and even today well over half the houses lack basic amenities.

In 1960 Walmsley defended a grossly sectarian speech by Harry INISTRY OF COMMERCE (hereinafter referred Ins, ) of the above Act that the Ministry proposes in Ministry”) hereby gives notice pursuant to ‘uth, ‘ree, its powers under section 11 of the above Act. to oni yspecting licence authorising Amax Exploration separated to enter the lands and waters in the ibad gh), 'yrone and Fermanagh lis‘ed in the. Schedule In Free Citizen No. 49 we warned how the Mineral Development Act, passed only last year, could be used to line the pockets of a few foreign capitalists (and perhaps of one or two Government ministers). The Act vests the right to mine any mineral in any part of N.Ireland in the Stormont Minstry of Development.

The Ministry has the power to pro: spect for minerals and to mine for them. Such powers could be used for the good of the whole community. A Workers State certainly would. Modern methods have made mining for low grade ores profitable, and such profits should go to the whole community. But that is not what the capitalist hucksters at Stormont have in mind. They are simply granting licenses to industrialists to come here and exploit the resources of the country for

© KNOW YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS!

The wholesale repression of militant opponents of the Government continues and has assumed deadly proportions since J. Taylor became regent in the ministry of Home Affairs. At the core of repression are laws which give police all the opportunities they need to be totally ruthless and cynical. Chief amongst these laws which can silence even the most vigilant is the classic and notorious Special Powers Act, but the new Criminal Justice Act, sadly passed with opposition support, has become neagly as infamous as its older brother. A mere constable can ensure a man six months in jail whereas under the Special Powers legislation a police officer is normally required to effect any measures under it. It is important, therefore, that people should know what miserably few rights remain to them under the law, how far they can use the law for their own benefit when confronted by police and what their position is when arrested on fabricated charges.

arrest J.P. signing it may not be. The constable is liable, however, if he exceeds the authority vested in him by a warrant e.g. if under a serch warrant he takes goods not mentioned in the warrant, or if he arrests the wrong man.

A constable can arrest even if the warrant is not in his possession in connection with proceedings, but in cases where there is no power of arrest unless under warrant, he must have it in his possession at the time of arrest otherwise he is acting illegally. Recently, Armagh police forgot this when they tried to arrest P.D. member K.Trainor when his time for paying a fine had lapsed; Kevin defended himself FREE CITIZEN 9th OCTOBER 1970 something open to doubt. If convicted, a prisoner is photographed and fingerprinted when he is taken into prison.

Where police prosecute, the summons must be served by a policeman and a reasonable time allowed to elapse before the hearing so as to give the defendent time to prepare a defence.

When arrested, a person is entitled immediately to consult a solicitor and shouldask the police for use of their phone to contact him Before the solictor arrives (and often this will not be until the next morning) even if the person has not been formally charged he should make no statement whatsoever not give any information whatsoever to the police. He should be fully aware that he is under no legal obligation and has usually nothing to gain and a lot to lose by talking with police despite cajolery or threats on their part. This final point must be emphasised strongly because often police have no information to use against an arrested person except what he himself tells them.