HC Deb 08 July 1902 vol 110 c1082
MR. MACVEAGH (Down Co., S.)

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that when Bailiff M'Niff was serving the writs on the defendants in the De Freyne land suit, who are at present at Sligo gaol, the defendants were brought into the presence of a visitor without being informed of the fact that the visitor was a process server and was about to serve writs upon them; whether the sanction and permission of the Irish Prisons Board were given to this proceeding.

THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. WYNDHAM,) Dover

The facts are correctly stated in the Question. The course followed in these cases was in accordance with the general practice, approved by the Prisons Board. The service of writs in such cases is of frequent occurrence.

MR. MACVEAGLI

But was the sanction of the Irish Prisons Board obtained for this proceeding?

MR. WYNDHAM

I said the facts are correctly stated in the Question. That covers it.