§ MR. T. M. HEALY (Longford, N.)I wish to ask the right hon. Gentleman the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether he has obtained any information with regard to the statement which appeared in The Daily Telegraph yesterday—namely, that an old man, aged 80, and his wife, both persons in feeble health, had been sentenced to one month's imprisonment by Messrs. Warburton and Caddell, Resident Magistrates, for the offence of retaking possession of an outhouse on the farm from which they had been evicted; and whether, considering the age of the old couple, and the fact that the wife is in a very emaciated condition, the Government will see their way to order the reconsideration of this exceptionally harsh sentence?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR) (Manchester, E.)I have received no information as to the facts of the case to which the hon. and learned Gentleman refers, but I will inquire into it.