§ MR. HEALYasked Mr. Attorney General for Ireland, If the Mr. T. Bolton Jones, who was elected clerk of the Petty Sessions of Drumod and Drumsna, county Leitrim, on the 20th March, is the same person who was known in the Leitrim Militia as Captain T. Bolton 869 Jones; and, whether there was any charge against the latter as to the misappropriation of mess-money, in consequence of which he had to sever his connection with the regiment?
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. W. M. JOHNSON)Mr. Jones, formerly a captain in the Leitrim Militia, has been elected clerk of the Petty Sessions district of Drumod and Drumsna, in county Leitrim. I am not aware that any such charge as the Question suggests was ever made against him; but his appointment has not yet been ratified by His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, and before it is ratified the Registrar of Petty Sessions Clerks must be in a position to satisfy His Excellency both as to Mr. Jones's efficiency and integrity.
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. W. M. JOHNSON)That question would necessarily be inquired into.