§ MR. ARNOLD-FORSTERI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in how many cases since the 1st of August, 1893, seizures made by the Sheriff in County Kerry have been followed by violent rescues; in how many cases persons concerned in effecting the rescue have been made amenable; and what has been the result of the trial of such persons in each case?
MR. J. MORLEYI am informed that rescues occurred in seven cases of seizures made by the Sheriff in the County Kerry since the date mentioned, but that in only one of these cases did the rescue take place under circumstances of violence. Persons have been made amenable in three cases, and one case is pending at the present moment. In the first case prosecuted one accused person was acquitted at Quarter Sessions. In the second case five persons were tried at Quarter Sessions; the jury acquitted four of them and disagreed in the case of the fifth person—a woman—who afterwards pleaded guilty at Spring Assizes and was discharged. In the third case three persons were tried at Quarter Sessions and allowed out on their own recognizances to come up for sentence at next or any future Quarter Sessions.
§ MR. KILBRIDE (Kerry, S.)In how many of these cases were the seizures due to the fact that decrees had been obtained for arrears of a rack rent which had been largely reduced by the Commission?