§ 39. Mr. GINNELLasked the Attorney-General for Ireland what explanation there is of the recent case at Oughterard, in which Mr. Hill, resident magistrate, tried and disposed of a case in which the principal party, a woman, knew little of English and asked the assistance of an interpreter, but was refused; why the practice in this country in trying persons who do not know English is not followed in Ireland; whether the order of the Court will be quashed; and whether the conduct of the magistrate will be brought under the notice of the Lord Chancellor of Ireland?
§ Mr. BIRRELLIn the case to which I understand the hon. Member to refer in the first part of his question, a woman who stated that she had not very good English showed in her evidence that she had a good command of that language. and did not ask for the help of an interpreter. In these circumstances, the other parts of the question do not arise.