§ Mr. WILLIAM REDMOND (Clare, E.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state the circumstances under which an old woman of eighty-three years of age, of the name of Ellen Madigan, is now in Limerick Prison; and what steps he proposes to take in the matter.
(Answered by Mr.Wyndham.) The committal of Mrs. Madigan, whose age is eighty years, was for contempt of Court on a writ of attachment issued by the Vice-Chancellor. The contempt consisted in her failure as administratrix of the will of John Madigan to render an account of her dealings with the estate. The matter is not one in which the Executive can intervene.