§ DR. TANNER (Cork Co., Mid)asked Mr. Attorney General for Ireland, Which of the two men, named respectively Daniel Falvey and Timothy Buckley, was charged before the Aghadillane Bench of Magistrates, on the night of the 27th of April, with attacking a dwelling house, was proved to have had in his possession a revolver; who were the witnesses that proved Buckley, the man in question, drew the said revolver upon an old man named Twomey, the owner of the dwelling house attacked, and his two young daughters; whether the licence to carry arms was granted to Falvey in his capacity of an employé of the Cork Landlords' Defence Union; whether Daniel Falvey has undergone a confinement for the term of five years at the Upton Reformatory, County Cork, for house breaking; whether Captain Stokes, R.M., admitted that, from the evidence given, he was both satisfied and sorry that the emergency employés had committed the offence with which they were charged; what reasons have been given by Captain Stokes, R.M., for disagreeing with his follow magistrate, and in marking "No rule" in the case; and, whether Captain Stokes will be one of the magistrates to whom it is proposed to give discretionary power under the Crimes Act, 1887?
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. HOLMES) (Dublin University), in reply, said, he had already stated, in reply to the same Question, that neither of the men had a revolver 1463 in his possession. No reference was made at the hearing of the case to the fact that Falvey had undergone a term of confinement in Upton Reformatory for house breaking; and if it had been made he would have considered it most objectionable. Captain Stokes did not make the admission referred to in the Question; and he (the Attorney General for Ireland) would not discuss the Criminal Law Amendment Bill with the ton. Member.
§ MR. MAURICE HEALY (Cork)asked, what exactly was the provocation Falvey had received?
§ MR. HOLMESsaid, he had already answered the Question on the Paper; and if any further information was wanted on the subject, a Question should be put on the Paper.
§ DR. TANNERI will call attention to it in another form.