§ MR. SPEAKER acquainted the House, that he had received the following Letters relating respectively to the Imprisonment of Mr. John Edward Redmond, Mr. William H. K. Redmond, and Mr. James O'Kelly:—
§ Court House, Wexford, Ireland,
§ 26th September 1888.
§ Sir,
§ We beg leave to inform you that we have to-day convicted Mr. John Edward Redmond, a Member of the House of Commons, of the offence of having on the 22nd day of July 1888, at Scarawalsh, in the county of Wexford 459 aforesaid, being a proclaimed district under the provisions of "The Criminal Law and Procedure (Ireland) Act, 1887," did wrongfully and without legal authority use intimidation towards one Thomas J. Walker, in consequence of his having done an act which he had a legal right to do, namely, evict one James Clinch from the possession and tenancy of a certain farm situate at Scarawalsh, in the county of Wexford, and have sentenced him to five weeks' imprisonment without hard labour, and that he is at present in the prison at Wexford.
§ We have the honor to be
§ Your obedient servants,
§ J. S. MACLEOD, R.M.
§ D. G. BODKIN, R.M.
§ To the Right Honble.
§ The Speaker of the House of Commons.
§ Court House, Wexford, Ireland,
§ 14th September 1888.
§ Sir,
§ We beg leave to inform you that we have to-day convicted Mr. William H. K. Redmond, Member of the House of Commons, of the offence of: that he, the said defendant, on the 16th day of August 1888, at Coolroe, in the county of Wexford, being a proclaimed district under the provisions of "The Criminal Law and Procedure (Ireland) Act, 1887," did unlawfully incite certain persons, to wit, Thomas Somers, James Somers, Bartholomew Rochford, Patrick Fitzgerald, John Hall, Patrick Finn, Jeremiah Rossiter, William Sheill, Michael Morris, Michael Caul, Thomas Power, and Martin Tubbert, wilfully and unlawfully to resist and obstruct one John Donovan, he being at the time the bailiff of the Sheriff for the County of Wexford, while in the execution of his duty as such bailiff, and have sentenced him to three months' imprisonment without hard labour, and that he is at present in the prison at Wexford.
§ We have the honour to be,
§ Sir,
§ Your humble servants,
§ J. S. MACLEOD, R.M.
§ D. G. BODKIN, R.M.
§ To the Right Honble.
§ The Speaker of the House of Commons.
§ Monson's Hotel, Boyle, Co. Roscommon. October 29th, 1888.
§ Sir,
§ I have the honour to inform you, that, on Saturday, the 27th instant, on the hearing of an appeal, at Boyle, in the county of Roscommon, from a Court of Summary Jurisdiction constituted under the Criminal Law and Pro- 460 cedure (Ireland) Act, James O'Kelly, Esquire, a Member of the Honourable House of Commons, was sentenced by me to two calendar months' imprisonment, to be treated as a misdemeanant of the first class.
§ I have the honour to be,
§ Sir,
§ Your faithful servant,
§ WM. O'CONNOR MUIR,
§ County Court Judge and Chairman of Quarter Session for the Counties of Roscommon and Sligo.