§ MR. SEXTONasked Mr. Attorney General for Ireland, Whether he is aware that John Ryan, of Ballykeating, county Galway, now, and for some time past, imprisoned in Dundalk Gaol as a suspect, is the tenant of a farm, which, since his arrest, has been left in the care of his mother and sister only, he having no male relative to attend to it; and, whether he will release John Ryan for ten days or a fortnight, on parole, to enable him to buy seed for his farm, and enable him to have the agricultural operations proper to this season carried out upon his holding?
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. W. M. JOHNSON)Sir, I have made inquiries into this case, but have not had a reply. I must ask the hon. Member to postpone the Question until a future day.