HC Deb 29 June 1900 vol 85 c85
MR. MACALEESE

I beg to ask Mr. Attorney General for Ireland if he is aware that Mr. Leslie, agent for the Dartrey estates, in County Monaghan, recently took over the farm and public-house of a tenant, in the townland of Drumgole, and in his own name obtained a transfer of the licence at the Rockcorry petty sessions; and will he bring the action of the magistrates in granting this transfer to Mr. Leslie, a land agent, and justice of the peace for the Rockcorry district, to the notice of the Lord Chancellor.

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. ATKINSON,) London- 86 derry, N.

In reply to the first part of the question, I beg to refer the hon. Member to the reply of my right hon. friend to a similar question addressed to him by the hon. Member yesterday. As to the second paragraph, as there is nothing censurable in the conduct of the magistrates mentioned, the answer to this question is in the negative.