HC Deb 01 June 1886 vol 306 c664
MR. A. BLANE (Armagh, S.)

asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether, in the election of a Petty Sessions clerk for the district of Virginia, county Cavan, the voting will be confined to the magistrates of the district, or be open to the magistrates of the county?

THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Mr. JOHN MORLEY) (Newcastle-on-Tyne)

, in reply, said, only those magistrates who resided within the district to be served by the clerk, and those who were in the habit of attending the Petty Sessions were entitled to vote in the election.