MR. ROCHEI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state the number of persons charged with unlawful assembly at last Galway Assizes, the amount expended by the trials, also the amount of fees received by the Attorney-General, the number of convictions obtained, and number of special jurors told to stand aside by the Crown.
§ THE ATTORNEY - GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. ATKINSON, Londonderry, N.)The number of persons tried for unlawful assembly was forty-one. Convictions were had in three cases, in- 948 volving thirty-five defendants, and the jury disagreed in one case, involving six defendants. The amount expended is estimated at £176, but accounts have not yet been vouched. The Attorney-General has not received, and is not entitled to receive, any fees in respect of these prosecutions. In the four cases referred to 117 jurors were ordered to stand by, but this number does not represent 117 persons, as many jurors were orde ed to stand by more than once.