§ MR. JOHN ROCHE (Galway, E.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been called to the fact that Lord Clanricarde, at the last Killi-more Petty Sessions, prosecuted an evicted tenant named Matthew Donohue, for trespass of one sheep on the lands of Heathlawn, in County Galway; and that the Magistrates ordered the defendant to pay £2 as a fine and £1 costs, being double the amount of the value of the sheep; and whether he will consider the expediency of advising the remission of the sentence?
THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. J. MOHLEY, Newastle-upon-Tyne)I am informed by the Constabulary that the Magistrates fined Donohue two pence (not £2 as stated in the question) for the trespass of the sheep, and awarded £1 costs on the application of the prosecuting solicitor. I am advised that the Lord Lieutenant has no power to order a remission of the costs in the case.
§ MR. J. C. FLYNN (Cork, N.)Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that a fine 548 of £1 costs is illegal and contrary to the Statute?
§ [No answer was given.]