§ MR. TOTTENHAMasked Mr. Attorney General for Ireland, Whether, after the expiration of the Peace Preservation (Ireland) Act on June 1st persons now having claims for compensation for personal injuries can proceed with those claims at the forthcoming or any subsequent Assizes; and, whether the expiry of the Act will in any degree interfere with the existing powers of Grand Juries in cases where the aggrieved persons have served all the requisite notices and otherwise complied with the provisions of the Act?
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. LAW)Sir, with the expiration of the Peace Preservation (Ireland) Act on the 1st of June the powers thereby conferred on Grand Juries to make presentments of money by way of compensation for personal injuries will cease; and, therefore, no applications for such presentments can be made at the next or any subsequent Assizes. This will be the case whether the preliminary notices required by the Act to entitle persons to apply for such presentments have or have not been served before the 1st of June.