§ MR. ROCHE (Galway, E.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state the reason why the thirteen men arrested in the neighbourhood of Aughrim, 1406 county Galway, on the morning of April 1st, were not proceeded against by ordinary summons; and whether he can state why those men were taken out of their beds between the hours of 4 and 5 a.m., and were not allowed to have their breakfast before being brought into Ballinasloe, where they were detained until 11 a.m. before they were furnished with any food.
§ MR. WALTER LONGThe arrest of these men, instead of proceeding against them by summons, was a legal and proper course, which was adopted with the object of bringing them more speedily to justice. They were arrested at the early hour mentioned in order to avoid turbulence. At half-past seven that morning the brother of one of the prisoners, who resides in Ballinasloe, sent word to the police station that he was about to provide breakfast for the whole party. The breakfast, however, was not sent in till between nine and ten.
§ MR. WALTER LONGI have not the information here.
§ MR. MACVEAGHWhy were these people not summoned instead of being arrested?
§ MR. WALTER LONGI answered that Question.