HC Deb 25 March 1889 vol 334 cc724-5
MR. PATRICK O'BRIEN (Monaghan, N.)

I beg to ask Mr. Solicitor General for Ireland if he has ascertained by whom the order, purporting to be the Judgment of Judge Flanagan, was entered in the books of the Land Judges Court (Ireland), under date 3rd August 1881, in the case of the Scottish Provident Institution, petitioners, v. Hugh Gill Patterson, tenant on the Ancketill Estate, county Monaghan, and which was subsequently discharged by Judge Flanagan on 3rd June, 1882; and, if so, what steps the Government intend taking to deal with the person or persons by whom the entry was made, and the Registrar in whose custody the books are? I would also like to ask whether, considering that it has been alleged, and, I think, proved, that the order was forced against the tenant in the interest of the Insurance Company, he will not direct an investigation in order to ascertain by whom the order was enforced. Further, I would like to know if the Judgment was enforced at the instance of Mr. Scott, the solicitor to the Scotch Provident Institution, and whether he thinks it advisable—

*MR. SPEAKER

Order, order! The hon. Member must give notice of these questions in the usual way.

MR. O'BRIEN

I must respectfully submit to your ruling, Sir, but I included these questions in the notice which I handed in at the Table.

*MR. SPEAKER

Order, order! They were struck out because they were not in order.

MR. O'BRIEN

But Sir—

*MR. SPEAKER

Order, order!

MR. O'BRIEN

Then, as I am not allowed to put my questions in this way, I will bring the matter up on the Estimates.