§ MR. PATRICK O'BRIEN (Kilkenny)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he would state the names of the persons convicted under the Explosives Acts at Walsall, the dates of conviction, the length of sentence in each case, and whether any of those convicts have been since released; and if so, what length of the sentence was served in each case; and whether any of those prisoners are still in custody; if so, when are they entitled to release?
§ SIR MATTHEW WHITE RIDLEYThe names are Victor Cailes, Frederick Charles, Jean Battolla and Joseph Thomas Deakin. Deakin was sentenced to five years penal servitude, and was released on licence in the ordinary course on the 24th December last, having served three years nine months, the minimum period of his sentence. The other three were each sentenced to 10 years penal servitude, and will be entitled to be considered for release on completing seven years six months, if by industry and good conduct they have earned the maximum possible amount of remission. The date of conviction was the 4th April, 1892, but the sentences run from the 24th March, the first day of the Assizes.