HC Deb 09 February 1888 vol 322 cc52-7

MR. SPEAKER acquainted the House, that he had received the following Letters relating to the Imprisonment of certain Members of this House:—

Metropolitan Police Court,

Inns Quay, Dublin,

8th December 1887.

Sir,

I beg leave to inform you that, on the 2nd December instant, I convicted Mr. Timothy Daniel Sullivan, a Member of the House of Commons, of the offence of having "on the 29th September 1887, in a certain newspaper called The Nation, purporting to bear date the 1st October 1887, under the heading of the 'Shelburne Branches of the National League,' unlawfully published within the Police District of Dublin Metropolis, with a view to promoting the objects of the Association named and described as the Irish National League, a Notice of the proceedings of the said Association at a Meeting of the said Association held at Ramsgrange on Sunday the 25th September 1887, being a district within the Barony of Shelburne, in the county of Wexford, specified by order of the Lord Lieutenant in Council, dated 17th September 1887, made in pursuance of the Criminal Law and Procedure (Ireland) Act, 1887, by which order the said Association in the said District was suppressed, and which order was after and in pursuance of a Special Proclamation in pursuance of the said Act made by the Lord Lieutenant by and with the advice of the Privy Council,"

And that for the said offence I sentenced Mr. Sullivan to two months' imprisonment; and that upon the same day I convicted Mr. Sullivan of a similar offence under the same Act of Parliament, and sentenced him to two months' imprisonment to take effect concurrently with the first-mentioned sentence, and that he was accordingly committed to Her Majesty's Prison at Richmond, in the City of Dublin.

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

Your obedient servant,

C. J. O'DONEL.

Chief Divisional Magistrate for Police District of Dublin Metropolis.

To the Right Honble.

The Speaker of the House of Commons.

Mitchelstown, county Cork,

Novr. 3,'87.

Sir,

I have the honour to inform you that Mr. William O'Brien, a Member of the House of Commons, who was convicted on the 24th of September last of an offence under the Criminal Law and Procedure Act of last Session, and sentenced to a term of three months' imprisonment, having appealed from said sentence, said appeal was heard before the Recorder of Cork County on the 31st ultimo, when the said conviction and sentence was duly confirmed, and Mr. O'Brien was thereupon committed to prison for a period of three months on a warrant signed by me and Captain Stokes, R.M., and that he (Mr. O'Brien) is now in the gaol at Tullamore.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your obdt. servt.,

RICHARD EATON,

Resident Magistrate.

The Right Honble.

The Speaker of the House of Commons.

Clonmel,

Co. Tipperary,

21st December 1887.

Sir,

We beg to inform you that we have to-day convicted Mr. David Sheehy, a Member of the House of Commons, of the offence of having on the 6th of November 1887, at Clonmel, in the County of Tipperary, being a proclaimed district under the provisions of the Criminal Law and Procedure Act (Ireland), 1887, unlawfully incited certain persona to wilfully and unlawfully resist and obstruct one Gerald Fitzgerald, being Sub-Sheriff of County of Tipperary, and certain Constables and Bailiffs while in the execution of their duty as such Sub-Sheriff, Constables, and Bailiffs respectively as afore- said. And we have sentenced him to be imprisoned in the Gaol at Clonmel for a period of one month.

And we beg to inform you that he is at present in the Prison at Clonmel.

We have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your obedient Servants,

ALBERT MELDON, R.M.

D. G. BODKIN, R.M.

To the Right Honble.

The Speaker of the House of Commons.

Sligo, on Circuit,

February 6, 1888.

Sir,

I have the honour to inform you, as is, I believe, my duty, that after hearing an appeal at Roscommon under the provisions of the Criminal Law Procedure (Ireland) Act, David Sheehy, Esq., a Member of the Hon. the House of Commons, was sentenced by me to imprisonment, as a misdemeanant of the first order, for three months, beginning from 5th January 1888.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

WM. O'CONNOR NORRIS,

Co. Court Judge.

Cork, 31st December, 1887.

Sir,

We beg leave to inform you that on the 19th inst., we convicted, under the Criminal Law and Procedure (Ireland) Act, 1887, Mr. Alderman John Hooper, a Member of the House of Commons, of the offence of having published in The Cork Daily Herald, of which he is the Editor, proceedings of Meetings of Suppressed Branches of the Irish National League, and sentenced him to two months' imprisonment.

He is at present in the Prison of Tullamore. We have the honor to be,

Sir,

Your obedient Servants,

ROBERT B. STOKES,

J. B. IRWIN,

Resident Magistrates;

To the Rt. Honble.

The Speaker of the House of Commons,

The Speaker's House,

Westminster,

London. S.W.

Limerick,

Ireland,

22nd January, 1888.

Sir,

I have the honour to inform you that Mr. Lane, M.P. was convicted at Cork on the 18th instant, by a Court constituted under the Criminal Law and Procedure (Ireland) Act, 1887, and sentenced to one month's imprisonment without hard labour.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

J. B. IRWIN, R.M.

Chairman of the Court.

The Right Honble.

The Speaker of the House of Commons.

House of Commons,

London.

Ennis,

1st February 1888.

Sir,

We beg leave to inform you that we have to-day convicted Mr. Joseph E. Cox, a Member of the House of Commons, of the offence "inciting certain persons unknown to take part in an unlawful assembly, to wit, a meeting of the National League in the county of Clare," under the Criminal Law and Procedure (Ireland) Act, 1887, and have sentenced him to one month's imprisonment, and that he is at present in the Prison at Limerick.

We have the honor to be,

Your obedient servants,

F. G. HODDER, R.M.

CECIL R. ROCHE, R.M.

To the Right Honble.

The Speaker of the House of Commons.

County of Donegal,

Donegal,

4 February, 1888.

Sir,

I have the honour to inform you that Mr. Alexander Blane, M.P. for Louth, Armagh, was brought before me, at Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, on the 20th ulto. under a Warrant, charging him with having, at Derryart, in said County, on the 2nd ulto. taken part in, and incited to an unlawful conspiracy, known as the "Plan of Campaign," contrary to the provisions of "The Criminal Law and Procedure (Ireland) Act, 1887," on which charge I committed him to Londonderry Gaol, on remand.

On the 31st ult. Mr. Blane was tried at Dunfanagher Petty Sessions, before me, and Mr. Garrett Nagh, B.L., Resident Magistrate, found guilty, and sentenced to four months' imprisonment in Londonderry Gaol, from which sentence he appealed, and was admitted to bail, to appear at Letterkenny Quarter Sessions on 18th April next, which said appeal will be heard.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your obedt. Servant,

THOS. HAMILTON,

Resident Magistrate.

The Right Honble.

The Speaker, M.P.,

House of Commons, Westminster.

Tralee,

December 8th, 1887.

Sir,

We beg leave to inform you that we have to-day convicted Mr. Edward Harrington, a Member of the House of Commons, of the offence of "That he, the said Edward Harrington, esqre., Member of Parliament, on the 30th day of November 1887, in a certain newspaper called The Kerry Sentinel, purporting to bear date the 29th November 1887, under the heading of ' The Proclamations of Kerry,' unlawfully published within the Petty Sessions District of Tralee, with a view to promote the objects of the Association known and described as the Irish National League, notice of the proceedings of the said Association, at a meeting of the said Association at Tralee, held on the 27th November 1887, being a district, to wit, within the county of Kerry, specified by order of the Lord Lieutenant in Council, dated the 21st November 1887, made in pursuance of the Criminal Law and Procedure (Ireland) Act, 1887, by which order the said Association in the said district was suppressed, and which order was after, and in pursuance of a special Proclamation, in pursuance of the said Act, made by the Lord Lieutenant by and with the advice of the Privy Council," under the Criminal Law and Procedure (Ireland) Act, 1887, and have sentenced him to one month's imprisonment in the County Kerry Gaol, and that he is at present in the prison at Tralee.

We have the honor to be,

Your humble servants,

CECIL R. ROCHE, R.M.

To the Right Honble.

The Speaker of the House of Commons.

To the Rt. Hon. The Speaker of the House of Commons.

Sir,

Mr. Timothy Harrington, M.P., was convicted at Tralee, before me and Col. Pearse, R.M., for publishing report of suppressed meetings of the National League. He was sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment, and, on application of his Counsel, a case was stated on a Law point for decision of the Exchequer Division. In the meantime he was admitted to bail.

CECIL ROCHE, R.M. Millstreet.