Judge Fitzgerald found that the explosion was a malicious outrage
committed by some person or persons unknown, and that there was no foundation whatever for the imputa- tions, charges, insinuations, and suggestions which from first to last had been heaped upon Lord Aehtqwn and his innocent servants. These charges mainly originated in the report of District Inspector Preston, which he described as an "egregious document," and he considered its publication, in anticipation of this trial and to the prejudice of the administration of justice, a gross impropriety. He awarded £140 in satisfaction of the claim, and 'directed the costs to be taxed on the principle of fully indemnifying Lord Aslatown for the expenses and outlay heaped upon him. We note that the Clonmel Rural District Council have lodged an appeal against the decision, and that the Waterford Board of Guardians have passed a unanimous resolution calling for a sworn inquiry into the matter, on the gromad that certain police reports and private information in possession of the police were withheld from the Court, and that the publie mind cannot be set at rest, or the reputation of the various police officials, experts, and other officials on both sides be cleared front suspicion, until every reasonable effort has been made to discover the perpetrator.
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