CAPTAIN CRAIGTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that a man named Martin Hawes has recently been discharged from Galway gaol after eight weeks incarceration; and can he state the nature of the crime for which he was committed, the sentence pronounced and the number of convictions against him prior to the last trial.
§ (Answered by Mr. Birrell.) On 1st March, by order of the Lord-Lieutenant, Martin Hawes was discharged from Galway prison, after eight weeks and three days imprisonment. The offences for which he was committed were: (1) drunkenness;(2) assault on the police; (3) drunkenness and disorder; (4) drunkenness. The sentence for the assault was four calendar months imprisonment, and for the three other offences an aggregate of five weeks imprisonment in default of payment of fines. Hawes had been previously convicted forty-nine times.