§ MR. DUFFY (Galway, S.)To ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether any proceedings were instituted against Mr. Harry Persse, J.P., Woodville, Loughrea, by the Excise authorities in the year 1906 for having in his possession and using a gun without any authority to do so, and with what result; and whether Mr. Persse subsequently took out a gun licence.
1315 (Answered by Mr. Runciman.) My right hon. friend the Chief Secretary has asked me to reply at the same time to the similar Question which the hon. Member addressed to him. I am informed that Mr. Persse was prosecuted, in April 1906, for killing game without a licence, and was fined £5. He subsequently took out a licence.