§ MR. GILHOOLY (Cork, W.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, If a respectable farmer named James O'Mahoney has been refused a licence to carry firearms by Mr. Warburton, R.M., Bantry; and, whether Mr. Warburton, when applied to by farmers in the Bantry District for licences to carry firearms, usually demands a certificate from two local magistrates; and, if so, will Mr. Warburton 1761 be informed that the Law requiring such a certificate has been repealed?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH) (Bristol, W.)The Licensing Officer, in the exercise of the discretion vested in him by law, refused to grant an arms licence to James O'Mahoney because he failed to produce satisfactory evidence that he was a proper person to be entitled to carry arms. Mr. Warburton is of course acquainted with the alteration in the law.