§ MR. JOHN REDMONDI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, in view of the fact that the qualifications of special jurors in. the county of Galway are freehold interests in lands to the extent of £10 a year, leasehold interests yielding £20 a year, rated occupation of lands to the amount of £100, directorships of banking and certain other companies, and membership of a harbour board or dock board, and that few persons who would be qualified under the last two provisions are not connected with the ownership of land, whether he will reconsider the question of the appointment of a special jury of that county for the trial of agrarian offences.
§ MR. WALTER LONGSpecial jurors must belong to five classes. In four of these classes the qualification is the same for special and common jurors. In the remaining class only is there any difference, namely, the class of rated occupiers. In this class the qualification is £100 rating in counties and £50 in towns for spec al juries, as distinguished from £40 and £10 respectively for common juries. Orders for special juries were obtained in the cases referred to because it was believed that such juries would be fairer and more impartial than common juries. Orders having been made by the King's Bench Division that the cases in question should be tried by special juries, I have no power to interfere even if I desired to do so.
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLIs it not the fact that the Court of King's Bench must grant the application?
§ MR WALTER LONG was understood to reply in the affirmative.