§ MR. L. P. HAYDEN (Roscommon, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that Captain Preston, R.M. of Lecarron, County Roscommon, Petty Sessions, on the 8th April, dismissed a case against Patrick Gannon for want of jurisdiction, after having on two former occasions fined him on the same evidence; and whether he will now return the fines formerly inflicted?
MR. JOHN MORLEYCaptain Preston, R. M., informs me that he has examined the Order book for Lecarron Petty Sessions, and finds that on the 10th April (not 8th as stated in question) in a case of trespass, Leveridge v. Gannon, the Order was made—"No jurisdiction, bonâ fide question of title arising." There is no entry of any fine for trespass against Gannon at any of the previous Courts.