§ MR. FLYNN (Cork, N.)I beg to ask the Attorney-General for Ireland whether he is aware that at the Cork Summer Assizes on 15th instant, in the case of Jeremiah Colbert, charged with a White boy offence, thirty-nine jurors were ordered to stand by; whether he can say how many of these jurors are Catholics; and whether the action of the prosecuting counsel in this case had the sanction of the Law Officers of the Crown.
§ MR. ATKINSONThirty-six jurors were ordered to stand aside. Having received from the Crown Solicitor, who is the person responsible, a report stating the grounds on which he acted, I entirely approve of the course taken. I am unable to give any information as to the religion of these thirty-six jurors, as the Crown Solicitor informs me he does not know what their religion was, nor did he make any inquiries.
§ MR. FLYNNAre we to understand that so long as the right hon. and learned Gentleman occupies his present position he intends to continue this invidious practice?
§ MR. ATKINSONI intend to carry out the law as far as I can.