§ MR. BYRNE) (Wicklow, W.I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether it is a fact that at the last election of Poor Law Guardians for the Ballinguile Electoral Division of the Baltinglas Union, County Wicklow, an appointment to a person named John Driver to vote as proxy for a person named Anne Hudson was lodged with the Returning Officer; and whether it is a fact that the document referred to purported to have been signed on the 1st February by Anne Hudson, though she died on the previous 3rd January; and, if so, whether he will direct inquiry to be made as to the author of the forgery, with a view to enforcing against the delinquent the penalties which the law prescribes for such offences?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURI believe the facts are as stated in the first paragraph of the question. It is open to any person aggrieved to proceed for the recovery of the penalty provided by Statute, and in addition the papers will be laid before the Attorney General.