§ MR. SEXTONasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether John M'Cormack, committed from the Petty Sessions of Coolaney, county Sligo, to stand his trial on the charges of mutilating a heifer, the property of his employer, and writing threatening letters to his employer and to himself, will be put forward for trial on those charges at the forthcoming Sligo Assizes; whether the sworn evidence of the said John M'Cormack against two young men named Healy and Cowley, whom he accused of stealing a pistol from him, having been discredited and rejected by the magistrates before whom the charge was brought, M'Cormack will be prosecuted for perjury; and, whether, if so, this charge will be brought forward at the forthcoming assizes?
§ MR. TREVELYANSir, John M'Cormack has been returned for trial at the 1241 next Sligo Assizes, on the charges of maiming cattle and writing threatening letters to his employer and himself, bail being refused. His evidence against two men, whom he charged with stealing a pistol from him, was rejected by the magistrates; but I am informed that there is no prosecution for perjury pending against him.