§ MR. DUFFYI beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that Mr. Harry Persse, of Woodville, Loughrea, county Galway, was found by the police on February 17th, 1906, carrying and using a gun, accompanied by a setter dog, in the pursuit of game on his farm at Woodville; will he say whether Mr. Persse had taken out an excise licence or was in possession of a game certificate; and, if not, in view of the fact that Mr. Persse holds the commission of the peace, and repeatedly adjudicated in cases of this nature at Loughrea petty sessions, what steps the excise authorities intend taking in the case.
§ MR. MCKENNAThe Board have ordered proceedings against Mr. Harry Persse for the offence referred to, and the matter will be left to the adjudication of the magistrates. Mr. Persse took out a gun licence after the detection.
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLHas the attention of the Lord Chancellor been called to this case?
§ MR. MCKENNAI have no information on that point.