§ MR. LONSDALE (Armagh, Mid.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been called to the facts connected with the trial of Patrick Macnamara, who was indicted at Ennis on Thursday for firing at Frank McAuliffe with intent to do him grievous bodily harm, at Mount Shannon, on 15th April; whether he is aware that the prisoner was identified by two witnesses as having fired at McAuliffe from behind a hedgerow; that no witnesses were called for the defence; that McAuliffe, who was in possession of a farm which was formerly occupied by a brother of the accused, had been denounced in the district as a grabber; and that the jury acquitted the prisoner; and whether any further action is to be taken in this case.
§ MR. CHERRYAs the jury in this case acquitted the accused man no further proceedings can be taken.