§ MR. FLYNN (Cork, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the 'Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if lie can state whether, in the case of Mr. John Slattery, President of the South of Ireland Cattle Trade Association, who was sentenced at Cork on Saturday last, by Messrs. Gardiner and Redmond, Resident Magistrates, to a term of six months' imprisonment (in default of giving bail) on a charge of having' used intimidation towards a man named Quinlan, the charge was brought under the Criminal Law and Procedure (Ireland) Act or under the Statute of Edward III.; and, if under the former, under what section or provision of the Act?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURI understand that the charge was brought under the 2nd section of the Criminal Law and Procedure (Ireland) Act.
§ MR. FLYNNIs the right hon. Gentleman quite certain that there is power under that section to imprison in default of giving bail?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURI believe that, the question is likely to come before the Superior Courts.
MR. MAC NEILL (Donegal, S.)Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that Messrs. Gardiner and Redmond are the two Resident Magistrates whose decisions have already been altered by the Court of Exchequer, and that both of those gentlemen are ex-police officers?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURThe question of the hon. Gentleman has not the most remote connection with the question on the Paper.