§ MR. CARSON (Dublin University)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland why the cases of the hon. Members for the St. Patrick's Division of Dublin, South Roscommon, and North-East Cork, recently returned for trial for alleged breaches of the law in relation to the De Freyne estate in the County of Roscommon, are not to be proceeded with at the coming Winter Assizes at Sligo; and whether the effect of postponing these cases will be that the trials will take place next March before a common jury of the County of Roscommon, partly composed of the tenants or evicted tenants on the De Freyne estate?
§ MR. W. ABRAHAM (Cork, N.E.)Is the hon. and learned Gentleman who puts the question aware that I am the Member for North-East Cork, and that no proceedings have been taken against me?
§ MR. CARSONI may say in explanation that when I handed the question in at the Table I by inadvertence gave the names instead of the constituencies of the hon. Members being proceeded against.
§ MR. SEXTONIs there any ground for assuming that the tenants on any particular estate will be members of any particular common jury at the forthcoming Assizes?
§ MR. BRYCE (for Mr. J. MORLEY)In reply to the question of the hon. and 648 learned Member, I have to say that this matter rests with the Irish Attorney General, who is at present from Dublin. I shall be obliged, therefore, if the question is postponed until his return.