§ DR. TANNER (Cork Co., Mid)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether it is true that Maurice Murphy, of Toames, near Macroom, who died a few weeks since, was the holder of a gun licence; whether his son, Maurice Murphy, handed the said licence to the authorities for the purpose of getting the transfer to his own name; whether a transfer was recommended by the local magistrates; and, why Mr. Caddell, the lately appointed Resident Magistrate, thought fit to refuse such a transfer?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR) (Manchester, E.)I am informed that it is the case that the man named applied for a transfer of the gun licence possessed by his father, who had recently died. The transfer was recommended by a local magistrate. The 664 licensing officer, however, found upon investigation that it was not desirable a licence should be issued to the man, and he accordingly declined to accede to the application.
§ DR. TANNERasked, whether it was not a fact that the transfer of the licence had been recommended by a local magistrate who knew Murphy nearly all his life; while it was refused by Mr. Caddell, the lately appointed Resident Magistrate, who had only been a short time in the district?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURsaid, he had already stated that the transfer was recommended by a local magistrate; but he was not aware whether that magistrate knew Murphy all his life or not. The licensing officer refused the transfer.