§ MR. J. E. ELLIS (Nottingham, Rushcliffe)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether he will lay upon the Table a Return giving the following particulars with respect to jurors directed to "stand by" by any Crown Solicitor in any criminal trial in Ireland arising out of the relations between the owners and occupiers of land in that country, and held during October, November, and December, 1886—namely, date and place where such trial was held; name of defendants thereat; number of jurors there directed to "stand by" by the Crown Solicitor; the religious denomination to which such jurors belonged, and the number of jurors of each denomination; the religious denomination to which the jurors or jury as sworn belonged, and the number attached to each denomination; and the verdict given by the jury?
THE CHIEF SECRETARY (SIR MICHAEL HICKS-BFACH) (Bristol, W.)We have no official sources of information from which such a return could be obtained as the hon. Member desires, and I cannot undertake to procure it.
§ MR. MAURICE HEALY (Cork)Does not the Crown Solicitor keep a record?
§ SIR MICHAEL HICKS-BEACHNot that I know of.