§ MR. POWER (Waterford, E.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he will state what sentences were passed by the Court held under the Criminal Law and Procedure (Ireland) Act, recently held in Waterford, on Mrs. O'Mahony and 448 Mr. Lynam for publishing in the Waterford Star the proceedings of certain branches of the United Irish League in the County Waterford; is he aware that in the last quarterly Return of agrarian crimes from Ireland no case of offences against the person, property, or public peace is reported from the whole County Waterford; and will he say on account of what crime committed in the city of Waterford, or for what reasons, the city has been proclaimed.
§ MR. ATKINSON (for Mr. WYNDHAM)The persons named were convicted on the charge of publishing matter inciting to intimidation. The proprietress of the newspaper was ordered to find sureties to keep the peace and be of good behaviour, or in default to be imprisoned for two months without hard labour. The editor was sentenced to two months imprisonment without hard labour. On the application of defendants, the magistrates agreed to state a case. The quarterly Returns of agrarian outrages deal only with such crimes as may be classified under the various headings enumerated in these Returns. But these Returns do not take cognisance of cases of boycotting or of the large number of incitements to boycotting and intimidation. which are equally crimes against the law. I must refer to the statement made by my right hon. friend on the 17th April, in which he set forth the reasons for putting the Act in force in the several towns and districts selected.
§ CAPTAIN DONELAN (Cork Co., E.)Is it intended to imprison women in Ireland under the Coercion Act?
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLWhy not send them to concentration camps?