HC Deb 28 February 1898 vol 54 cc146-7
MR. JAMES O'CONNOR (Wicklow, W.)

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, can he state what were the dates of the arrest and conviction respectively of a man named Connolly, who is now in Mary-borough Gaol undergoing a sentence of twenty years' penal servitude; was he out on bail or kept in prison between the date of his arrest and the date of his conviction; and when will he be entitled to his release?

THE CHIEF SECRETARY TO THE LORD LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND (Mr. GERALD BALFOUR,) Leeds, Central

The convict named in the Question was arrested on the 17th March 1882; he was convicted of manslaughter on the 24th July 1883; and in the interval between these dates he was detained in custody. His sentence dates from the 4th July 1883, and he will be eligible for release on licence in the ordinary course on the 14th August next, should his conduct meanwhile be satisfactory.