§ MR. D. MACALEESE (Monaghan, N.)I beg to ask the Attorney General for Ireland if he will direct a Return to be made to this House of the summons directed to James Kirkpatrick, on a charge of tracing hares, armed with a gun, which charge was heard and adjudicated on at Brookeborough, on the 2nd March 1897: together with the names of the magistrates who heard and decided the case, the name or names of the complainant or complainants, the names of the witnesses examined, and the penalty imposed?
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. J. ATKINSON,) Londonderry, N.No good purpose would be served by granting the Return referred to. I must therefore decline to direct it. Any party interested can obtain a copy of the entry in the order book of the 498 magistrates, which contains all the particulars mentioned in the Question, and if as I have already stated in answer to a Question of the hon. Member, Kirkpatrick be in a position to show that any of the adjudicating magistrates were disqualified by interest, he can take proceedings to have the conviction quashed.