§ MR. DELANY () Queen's County, OssoryTo ask Mr. Attorney General for Ireland, if he will state how many special jurors were told to stand by on behalf of the Crown in the ease of the King v. Kilbride heard at the late winter assizes at Maryborough; to what religious persuasion did those jurors belong; and what was the creed and politics of the accused and of the jury empanelled in the case.
(Answered by Mr. Atkinson.) I have no information on the matters referred to beyond that contained in my reply to the similar inquiries addressed to me on Monday last by the hon. Member for South Leitrim, save that I have since been informed that the jurors on the panel have been extensively canvassed on behalf of the prisoner.
§ MR. FLYNNTo ask Mr. Attorney; General for Ireland whether, seeing that the jury by whom Mr. Denis Kilbride was convicted at the recent winter assizes at Maryborough was a special jury secured under the provisions of the Criminal Law and Procedure (Ireland) Act, and that forty-five jurors were ordered by the Crown to stand aside before the jury was empanelled, he will state what number of Protestants and Roman Catholics respectively constituted the jury which convicted Mr. Kilbride.
(Answered by Mr. Alkinson.) I have no information on the matters referred to beyond that contained in my reply to the Question put to me on Monday last by the hon. Member for South Leitrim, save that I have since been informed that the jurors on the panel had been extensively canvassed on behalf of the prisoner.