HC Deb 18 February 1884 vol 284 c1189
MR. KENNY

asked Mr. Solicitor General for Ireland, Why the prisoners charged in the Clare conspiracy case were not tried at the recent Cork assizes; how many assizes have elapsed since they were first arrested; and, whether the informer, Tubridy, has been, or is to be, pardoned or released, or if he is at present kept to penal servitude?

THE SOLICITOR GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. WALKER)

, in reply, said, the prisoners were not tried, because the Attorney General was of opinion that, though there were strong grounds for suspicion, there was not sufficient evidence to proceed with the trial. Tubridy had not been pardoned or released. He was not at present kept to penal servitude.