§ MR. CONYBEARE (Cornwall, Camborne)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether it is the fact, as reported in the newspapers, that at Kenagh, County Longford, on Friday, April 20, a child of nine years old was committed to prison for one month on a charge of having thrown stones during a recent eviction in the district of Newtown Cashel; and, whether he will make inquiry into the case, with a view to remitting what remains unexpired of the sentence?
THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR) (Manchester, E.)The local Constabulary Authorities report that the statement alleged to have appeared in the newspapers as to a child of nine years old having been committed to prison for a month (or for any other term) at Kenagh Petty Sessions is without foundation.