HC Deb 29 November 1916 vol 88 cc325-6
94. Mr. GINNELL

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the untried Irish prisoners now detained in this country have been, directly or indirectly, offered release on condition that they joined the British Army; how many of them have been successfully seduced; what special punishment, in addition to continued imprisonment, follows refusal; under what law is this offer made, if the men were guilty and deserved imprisonment; and how is the offer distinguishable from the offence of seduction from allegiance for which Roger Casement has been hanged?

Mr. SAMUEL

The answer to the first part of the question is, none. The remainder does not arise.

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