§ MR. CARSONI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant 511 of Ireland whether his attention has boon directed to the case of Mr. Ginley, of Carrowreagh in the County Mayo, who has been severely boycotted for taking a farm from which the previous tenant was evicted; whether he is aware that several meetings to promote the boycotting of this man has been held in the neighbourhood of his farm, and that a meeting was held on Sunday, the 12th March, at which very violent language was used towards Ginley; whether any persons have been prosecuted for the boycotting or intimidation of Ginley; and whether this case has appeared, or will appear, in any official records of crime in Ireland?
MR. J. MORLEYIt is true that Ginley is boycotted for the reason stated, and I am aware of the facts mentioned in the second paragraph of the question. A prosecution was directed some days ago against two of the speakers at the meeting held on the 12th inst., on the charge of conspiracy to injure Ginley and of soliciting others to join the conspiracy. With regard to the last paragraph, I have to observe that the mere advocacy of boycotting at public meetings is not recorded by the constabulary in the Return of outrages unless the offence be so serious as to demand the return of the accused persons for trial, in which event the case is entered in the Outrage Return as one of "intimidation." Should the persons now being proceeded against be sent for trial, the case of Ginley will be so recorded. This is in accordance with the established practice, from which no departure has been made.