§ 31. Mr. KINGasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that Patrick Duffy was killed at Castleblayney, Ireland, by sentry soldiers; that the medical evidence at the inquest showed that there were many bayonet wounds as well as a fatal bullet wound in the body; that, though the military officer, Corporal Nicholls, and Privates Rogers and Gerome were summoned by the police to the inquest, they never attended; and that the coroner declared that they showed great disrespect by non attendance and, if they were not soldiers, there would be arrests; and whether it was due to the military orders that no soldiers were present at the inquest?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONI am making inquiries in this case, and will write to my hon. Friend as soon as I am in a position to do so.