§ MR. MACARTNEY (Antrim, S.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether Patrick M'Ginn, of Carr, was convicted at the Petty Sessions held at Clogher, county Tyrone, on March 9th, of being drunk 1157 while in possession of loaded firearms; whether he had a licence for arms under section 4 of "The Peace Preservation (Ireland) Act, 1881," and whether he is a person qualified under the Act to hold a licence; whether the Justices, or either of them, who signed the certificate for the licence reside within the Petty Sessions District for which it was issued; whether it is a fact that Justices residing within that Petty Sessions had previously refused to sign a certificate; when were the Justices who signed the certificate appointed to the Commission of the Peace; and, whether the attention of the Lord Chancellor of Ireland has been drawn to their action in this matter?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Mr. JOHN MORLEY) (Newcastle-on-Tyne)I have received a telegram from Dublin that at the last moment it was found necessary to make some further inquiries into this case, and I will ask the hon. Member to be good enough to put the Question again.