§ Mr. Sergeant Jacksonmoved for leave to bring in a bill
To assimilate the law in Ireland, as to the punishment of death, to the law in England; and to abolish the punishment of death in certain cases in Ireland, and to substitute other punishment in lieu thereof.The bill, he said, would contain some further provisions than were barely necessary for effecting the assimilation which it was its chief object to produce. In the reign of George the 2nd, an Irish act was passed, rendering it a capital offence for any person to remain in Ireland who was in the service of the French King, and any one receiving or harbouring such a person incurred capital punishment. It was proposed by the present bill to repeal that act. In many respects the bill would accord with the measure introduced by Mr. F. Kelly.
§ Leave given.
§ Bill brought in, and read a first time.