§ MR. GILHOOLY (Cork, W.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether Robert Kelly and Thomas Scully have been arrested and returned for trial to the Court of Assize, recently held in the City of Cork, on a charge of threatening to shoot one Michael Keohane; whether those young men have been imprisoned for a period of five weeks, bail having been refused for their appearance at the Assizes; whether, when they appeared to answer the charge, the Crown refused to send a Bill before the Grand Jury; and, if the foregoing statements are true, what redress is to be made for the injury inflicted on these young men?
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. HOLMES) (Dublin University)(who replied) said, the statements contained in the first two paragraphs of the Question were substantially correct. Upon considering the informations, he came to the conclusion that the prosecution should not be conducted by the Crown officials; but he 1771 did not admit that any injury was inflicted on the persons referred to. They were returned for trial in the ordinary course, bail being refused.
§ MR. MACNEILL (Donegal, S.)asked, could the right hon. and learned Gentleman say by what magistrates the bail was refused, and whether one of them was a Resident Magistrate?
§ MR. HOLMESsaid, he could not say.