§ MR. SHEEHAN (Cork County, Mid.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the
† See (4) Debates, clvi., 1491.53 Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that Patrick J. Long, of Rylane sub-district, Macroom, recently applied for a Peace Preservation Act licence for keeping a gun, and that his application was refused without any cause whatever being assigned; and whether he proposes to take any action in the matter.
MR. BRYCEThe power of issuing licences under the Peace Preservation Act is vested in the resident magistrate of the district. I am imformed that in the present case the resident magistrate, in the exercise of the discretion vested in him, declined to issue a licence. It would be contrary to practice to state in this House the grounds upon which a licence is refused.