§ Captain STEPHEN GWYNNasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland how many times in the last two years sentence of 1198W penal servitude or of capital punishment has been pronounced on minors in Ireland by criminal Courts and courts-martial, respectively; and in how many cases the death sentence has been carried out?
§ Mr. DUKEEleven minors have been sentenced to penal servitude and nine to capital punishment during the past two years. With the exception of one case of capital sentence, all were sentences of courts-martial. In no case was the death sentence carried out.