§ MR. JOHN O'CONNOR (Tipperary, S.)I beg to ask the Attorney General for Ireland whether he is aware of any practice amongst certain merchants and commercial agents whereby they transfer woollen goods to Ireland, and having there stamped them with a spurious trade mark, export them to Great Britain, and there sell them as being of 729 genuine Irish manufacture; whether such a practice would be a violation of Section 4, Sub-section (b), of the Merchandise Marks Act, 1887, and an "implied warranty of sale" according to Section 17 of the same Act; and whether, if any such practices as referred to be brought under his notice, he will order a prosecution under the provisions of the above-mentioned Act?
§ MR. MADDENIf any such cases as those referred to in the question are brought to my notice, I shall be glad to consider them with a view to directing a prosecution if necessary.