§ MR. O'DONNELLI desire to ask the hon. and learned Gentleman the Solicitor General for Ireland, Whether his attention has been called to the report that a lady in delicate health—the sister of the hon. Member for Galway (Mr. T. P. O'Connor)—has been sentenced to six months' imprisonment in the common gaol in default of finding bail for an offence which she denied having committed, and in connection with which she received no proper trial? In explanation of the urgency which induces me to put the Question without Notice, I shall read the following telegram just received by the hon. Member for New Ross (Mr. Redmond), from San Francisco, where this matter is attracting deep attention. The telegram is from Mr. T. P. O'Connor, M.P., who says—
Sister ought to be sent to infirmary. Suffering last two years from ill-health, which cold of cell would make torture, and perhaps incurable.I hope the political views of the hon. and learned Gentleman will not prevent him giving this matter attention.
§ THE SOLICITOR GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. PORTER)desired that Notice should be given of the Question. He had no information of the state of the lady referred to.