HC Deb 08 April 1889 vol 334 cc1780-1
MR. SPEAKER

acquainted the House that he had received the following Letters relating to the Imprison- ment of certain Members of this House:—

Monson's Hotel, Boyle, co. Roscommon,

April 5th, 1889.

Sir,

I have the honour to inform you that, on the hearing of an appeal at these Quarter Sessions from the decision of a Court of Summary Jurisdiction constituted under "The Criminal Law and Procedure (Ireland) Act, 1887," Joseph Richard Cox, Esquire, a Member of the Honourable the House of Commons, was sentenced by me to imprisonment for a period of six weeks from this date, to be treated as a misdemeanant of the first class.

I have the honour to be, Sir,

Your most obedient servant,

WM. O'CONNOR MORRIS,

County Court Judge and Chairman of Quarter Sessions for the United Counties of Roscommon and Sligo.

Court House, Kildare,

4th April, 1889.

Sir,

I have the honour to inform you that I have this day confirmed on appeal the sentence of three months' imprisonment without hard labour, which was inflicted upon Mr. Dennis Kilbride, M.P., on 8th February, 1889, at Kildare, by a court duly constituted under "The Criminal Law and Procedure (Ireland) Act, 1887," for that he on the 11th day of November, 1888, at Nurney, in said county of Kildare, being a district proclaimed under the provisions of "The Criminal Law and Procedure (Ireland) Act, 1887," did with J. L. Carew, M.P., and with other person and persons whose names are unknown, unlawfully take part in a criminal conspiracy punishable by Law at the time of the passing of said Act, to wit, to induce certain persons whose names are unknown, who were or might be desirous to use or occupy farms of land in Ireland, from which tenants had been or might be evicted in due course of Law, not to use or occupy such farms, and that I have committed him to Kilkenny Prison, which is the prison for this portion of the county of Kildare, for that period.

I have the honour to be, Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

WM. F. DARLEY,

County Court Judge and Chairman of Quarter Sessions, County

Kildare, Ireland.

The Right Honourable the Speaker,

House of Commons.