HC Deb 31 March 1920 vol 127 cc1236-7
36. Mr. MacVEAGH

asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that at the inquest on the murder of the late Lord Mayor of Cork, Alderman MacCurtain, the Crown Counsel, Mr. Wylie, stated that the late Lord Mayor was universally respected and had continuously, both in public and in private, denounced crime; whether the first witness called on behalf of the police was a district inspector, who testified that the competent military authority had ordered the arrest of this gentleman, and that the arrest was to have taken place on the night of his murder; whether he can state what charge was to have been preferred against him; and whether he was to have been deported and imprisoned without trial?

The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for AIR (Major Tryon)

I am afraid I can add nothing to the reply which my right hon. Friend gave on Monday last to the hon. and gallant Member for Central Hull, except that I am informed that it was proposed to arrest him under the Defence of the Realm Regulations. I have, however, called for a further report from Ireland.

Mr. E. KELLY

Was it intended to deport him also?

Major TRYON

I think it is better to await the report before dealing with that.