§ MR. CAREW (Kildare, N.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, with reference to the conduct of Mr. William Tyrrell, J.P. of Ballinderry, County Kildare, Whether he will state the name of the magistrate who issued the summonses against Thomas Killeen, of Cardenstown, and the Widow Munroe, of Colehill, County Meath, also the name of the magistrate who directed Mr. Tyrrell to serve the summonses; whether it is in accordance with practice for a magistrate to act as a summons server in any case; whether he can now mention the number of witnesses examined on behalf of the complainant; by what authority Major Traill, R.M., who heard the cases, allowed 10s. 6d. costs in Killeen's and £l in Widow Munroe's case; whether he offered to increase the costs against Killeen to £1 if Mr. Tyrrell cared to accept them; and, how 373 these costs were respectively made up, considering that no solicitor was employed in either case?
§ THE PARLIAMENTARY UNDER SECRETARY (Colonel KING-HARMAN) (Kent, Isle of Thanet)(who replied) said: The summonses for trespass against Killeen and Munroe were issued by Mr. Handy, J.P., and Mr. Odlum, J.P., respectively, and they also authorized Mr. Tyrrell to serve them. 14 & 15 Vict. c. 93, s. 12, Clause 2, allows any person other than the summons-server whom the complainant shall employ to serve a summons, if the Justice issuing the same shall so direct or permit. Mr. Tyrrell, therefore, legally served the summons. One witness in re Killeen and one witness in re Munroe were examined on behalf of the complainants. Costs were awarded in each case under the authority of 14 & 15 Vict. c. 93, s. 22, Clause 9, and in the amount that seemed fit to the Bench of Justices hearing the cases.