HC Deb 10 May 1901 vol 93 c1331
CAPTAIN DONELAN (Cork, E.)

I beg to ask Mr. Attorney General for Ireland if he can state the procedure usually adopted by Crown Prosecutors in Ireland, or on their behalf, to ascertain the religion of jurors, and what steps have been taken with a view to learn whether Crown Prosecutors in Ireland keep any record of the religion of jurors.

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. ATKINSON, Londonderry, N.)

There is no procedure to ascertain the religion of jurors, nor is their religion ever inquired into. No such steps have been taken, and Crown Prosecutors are expressly directed not to take any action in reference to jurors on account of their religion.

MR. FLYNN

Is it not the fact that Crown Prosecutors are provided with marked lists?

MR. ATKINSON

Not in reference to the religion of the jurors.

MR. SWIFT MACNEILL

Are not the lists marked "S" and "P"—"Steady" and "Protestant"?

[No answer was returned.]