§ MR. LAMBERTasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland, If, after the recent triple murder in Donegal, he has considered what stringent and prompt measures should be taken by the Government to deal with crimes of that nature; and if he has considered the desirability of assimilating the Jury Laws of Ireland to those of Scotland, where the majority of a jury convict, so as to provide the same security for the well-disposed people of Ireland as of Scotland?
MR. SULLIVANBefore my right hon. and learned Friend answers that Question, I wish, Sir, by your permission, to ask another. I should like to know, Whether the Government will, during the Easter Recess, consider the propriety of holding a rigid investigation into all the circumstances surrounding and preceding this most lamentable occurrence?
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. GIBSON) (for Mr. J. LOWTHER)Sir, in answer to the first Question, I have to say, that immediately after these terrible murders were committed, the Government at once took measures for the discovery of the 1366 murderers. The investigations are still going on, with what, I may hope, will turn out to be satisfactory results. But the Government have not considered the advisability of assimilating the Jury Laws of Ireland to those of Scotland. With regard to the Question of the hon. and learned Member for Louth, I must say that the Government have had no Notice whatever of that Question; but I may state that I think it improbable that any such course as that suggested by the hon. and learned Member will be adopted.