§ MR. SPEAKER acquainted the House, that he had received the following Letters relating to the imprisonment of certain Members of this House:—
§ Tralee,
§ January 1st, 1889.
§ Sir,
§ I have the honour to inform you that Mr. Edward Harrington, Member of Parliament for West Kerry, was yesterday convicted at a Court formed under the provisions of the Criminal Law and Procedure Bill (Ireland) Act, held at Tralee, of which I was Chairman, on a charge of publishing in a certain newspaper, called the Kerry Sentinel, a report of a meeting of a Branch of the National League, which is suppressed by order of the Lord Lieutenant, and was sentenced to six months' imprisonment with hard labour. He is now in Tralee Gaol.
§ I have the honour to remain,
§ Your obedient Servant,
§ CECIL R. ROCHE,
§ Resident Magistrate,
§ Tralee.
§ To the Right Honble. The Speaker.
§ Limerick Club,
§ January 4th, 1889.
§ Sir,
§ I have the honour to inform you that Mr. John Finucane, a Member of the House of 33 Commons, was this day convicted before a Court of Summary Jurisdiction, at which I presided, of an offence under the Criminal Law and Procedure Act, 50 and 51 Vict., and was therefore sentenced to be imprisoned in the County Gaol at Limerick for the period of one calendar mouth, and that he is now in said gaol.
§ I have the honour to be,
§ Your obt. Servt.
§ RICHAHD EATON, R. M.
§ The Eight Honble the Speaker.
§ Waterford,
§ February 1st, 1889.
§ Sir.
§ We beg to inform you that, on the 25th day January, 1888, we convicted Mr. William O'Brien, a Member of the House of Commons, of the offence "of having on the 30th day of September, 1888, at Ballyneale, in the county of Tipperary, being a district then duly proclaimed pursuant to the provisions of 'The Criminal Law and Procedure (Ireland) Act, 1887,' with divers other persons whose names were unknown, unlawfully taken part in a criminal conspiracy which, at the time of the passing of the said last-mentioned Act, and also on the said 30th day of September, 1888 was punishable by law, to wit, a conspiracy to induce certain persons resident in said county, whose names are unknown, who then were or who thereafter might become desirous to hire or occupy any land or lands in said county, from which any tenant or tenants, occupier or occupiers, had theretofore been or should thereafter be evicted by due process or course of law, not to hire, use, or occupy any such land or lands," under "The Criminal Law and Procedure (Ireland) Act, 1887," and we sentenced him to be imprisoned for four months, without hard labour, in the County of Tipperary Gaol at Clonmel. He was arrested upon our warrant some days afterwards, and is at present in the Prison at Clonmel.
§ We have the honour to be,
§ Sir,
§ Your obedient Servants,
§ D. G. BODKIN, Resident Magistrate.
§ HEFF. F. CONSIDINE, Resident Magistrate.
§ The Right Honble.
§ The Speaker of the House of Commons, Westminster.
§ Tralee,
§ Feb. 19th, 1889.
§ Sir,
§ I have the honour to inform you that Mr. William O'Brien, Member of Parliament, was 34 this day convicted at a Court held at Tralee, under "The Criminal Law and Procedure (Ireland) Act, 1887," of which I was Chairman, of an offence under Section 2 of said Act-namely, taking part in a conspiracy punishable by law. He was sentenced to six months' imprisonment without hard labour. He is now in Tralee Gaol.
§ I have the honour to remain,
§ Your obedient Servant,
§ CECIL R. ROCHE, R. M.
§ The Right Honble. The Speaker.