§ MR. FLAVINI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that a man named Sylvester Dwyer is at present undergoing a sentence of eighteen years in Maryborough Prison; whether he can state for how long Sylvester Dwyer has been in prison; and whether, in view of the feeling that exists in Dwyer's innocence and of his long imprisonment, steps will be taken for his release.
§ MR. G. W. BALFOURThe case of this convict was considered by the Lords Justices so recently as the 18th June, when it was decided that the law should take its course. He will have completed thirteen years of his sentence on the 14th instant, and will be eligible for release in the ordinary course in January of next year.
§ MR. FLAVINCan the right hon. Gentleman say why the law did not take its course in the case of Lord Kenmare's bailiff, who only did eighteen months out of twenty years?
§ *MR. SPEAKEROrder, order!