§ DR. TANNERI beg to ask the Attorney General for Ireland whether Mr. C. J. Harold, one of the Justices who were trying the case against Captain Rye, at Crookstown, County Cork, has been, and still is, employed by Captain Rye as clerk in connection with the lime-kilns, or agent; and, if so, whether an intimation will be conveyed to him 395 not to take any further part in the case in which there are four other Magistrates adjudicating?
§ MR. MADDENThe Lord Chancellor's Secretary informs me that it is understood that some years ago Mr. Harold was connected with Captain Rye in the management of some quarries, but that it is not known whether that connection still exists. Inquiries on this point are being made.
§ DR. TANNERSo much being admitted, will some pressure, in the interests of justice, be brought to bear on Mr. Harold, in order to prevent him from taking any farther part in adjudicating upon the case of Captain Rye?
§ MR. MADDENI think that the interests of justice may be safely left in the hands of the Lord Chancellor, before whom the matter has come.
§ DR. TANNERIs it not the fact that the decision of the two Removable Magistrates has already been overridden by the local Justices, one of whom is, or has been, in Captain Rye's employment?
§ [No answer was returned.]