§ MR. SEXTONasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, If it is true, as reported, that a person stated to have become an approver in a capital case in Ireland has committed suicide by hanging himself in his cell in prison; whether the man had been visited in his cell by any of the prosecuting agents of the Government; and, if so, by whom, and with what object; and, whether any light can be cast on the motive of the suicide?
§ MR. TREVELYANIt is a fact that a man named Thomas Kennedy, who had become an approver, and made a confession that he had taken part in a murder, committed suicide as stated. He had been visited by a policeman, and by Mr. Bolton, the Crown Solicitor, who has charge of the prosecution. This was done only at his own request, when he desired to make a statement as to the offence with which he and others were charged. No light can be thrown on the motive of the suicide, except the condition of mind in which a man would be who has owned to have been guilty of murder.