§ MR. HEALYasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, How the prosecution against Mr. Vaughan Montgomery, J.P. now stands; has the attention of the Lord Chancellor been directed to the report of the trial in The Belfast Morning News of 29th September; is it intended that he should continue in the Commission of the Peace; was the second summons taken out against him by the Crown as intended; and, what course do the Government mean to take in his case?
§ THE SOLICITOR GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. WALKER)I have seen the report in The Belfast Morning News referred to in the Question. The Sessional Crown Solicitor reports that owing to the mode in which claims to vote were received, the magistrates decided that there was not sufficient proof of the tendering of the claim within the Statute. A second summons could not now be sustained, having regard to the date of the claim. The case is one which, as regards Mr. Montgomery's conduct, will be submitted to the Lord Chancellor.