§ MR. VINCENT KENNEDYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will state whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that, of the twelve cases of murder and manslaughter in Ireland between December 1st, 1904, and April 19th, 1905, five took place in Ulster; and whether he can state in how many cases capital punishment was inflicted.
§ MR. WALTER LONGThe twelve cases mentioned comprised eight cases of murder and four of manslaughter. Of the murders, two were in Ulster, three in Leinster, and three in Munster. Of the cases of manslaughter, three were in Ulster, and one in Connaught. Capital punishment was inflicted in one out of the eight cases of murder. It was imposed in two other cases, but the sentence was commuted to penal servitude for life.