§ MR. SPEAKER acquainted the House that he had received the following Letter, relating to the imprisonment of Mr. Jeremiah D. Sheehan:—
§ Tralee,
§ Nov. 14th, 1888.
§ Sir,
§ I beg leave to inform you that the Bench of Magistrates presiding at Petty Sessions at Killarney on Tuesday, 13th Nov. 1888, of which I was chairman, convicted Mr. Jeremiah D. Sheehan, a Member of the House of Commons, of the offence of using threatening and abusive language to District Inspector Rodgers, Royal Irish Constabulary, while in discharge of his duty, and ordered the said Jeremiah D. Sheehan to find bail to be of good behaviour for twelve months, himself in £50 and two sureties in £25 each; and in default ordered that the said Jeremiah D. Sheehan be imprisoned for one calendar month.
§ Mr. Jeremiah D. Sheehan having declined to find bail as aforesaid, he was yesterday, 13th Nov., conveyed to Tralee Prison to be im- 1373 prisoned for the said term, and he is at present in the prison at Tralee.
§ I have the honor to remain,
§ Your obedient servant,
§ CECIL R. ROCHE, R.M.
§ The Right Honble.
§ The Speaker of the House of Commons.