§ MR. LONSDALETo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will ascertain from the Crown solicitors concerned the number of distinct cases tried at the recent Cork and Limerick Assizes in which jurors were ordered by the Crown to stand aside without cause assigned, the number of jurors so challenged, and the result of the trial in each case.
(Answered by Mr. Cherry.) It would not be possible to reply to this Question without obtaining reports from the Crown solicitor of every county included in the Munster and Connaught Winter Assizes. This could not be done within the time available.
§ MR. LONSDALETo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland what was the result of the cases from County Sligo tried at the late Limerick Winter Assizes, and what was the number of jurors ordered to stand by without cause assigned in each case.
(Answered by Mr. Cherry.) I presume the hon. Member refers to what are known as the Geevagh cases, in which a number of persons were charged with riot. There 2247 were three of these. In one case the jury convicted and in two others they disagreed. The number of jurors ordered to stand by was, in the first case, thirty; in the second case, fifteen; and in the third case, nineteen. There were I believe, other cases from County Sligo tried at these Assizes, but I have no information as to these.