§ Mr. GUINEYasked the Chief Secretary what is the cause of delay in executing the warrants for arrest issued against William Heyslip, John Connors, and John Angland, three men sentenced to a month's imprisonment without the option of a fine by the magistrates sitting at Kanturk petty sessions, on 9th December, 1910; whether he is aware that Heyslip was arrested at Newmarket on 6th January of this year, and escaped from two policemen on his way to the police barracks; and has any action been taken by the constabulary authorities with reference to this escape of Heyslip?
§ Mr. BIRRELLAt Kanturk petty sessions, on the 10th December last, William Heyslip, John Connors, and John Angland were each sentenced to one month's imprisonment, without the option of a fine, for being drunk and disorderly. The defendants had previously been returned for trial to Mallow quarter sessions on a charge of assault; they absconded and were not heard of until a few days before the quarter sessions when they were required to give fresh bail for their appearance at Cork Spring Assizes. The warrants could then have been executed, but a memorial had been forwarded to the Lord Lieutenant praying for a mitigation of the sentence, and pending His Excellency's decision thereon, the police, as is usual in such cases, did not execute the 1473W warrants. This decision was not received in time to admit of the completion of the sentence before the date of the Cork Spring Assizes, and it was therefore decided to await the result of the trial before executing the warrant. Connors and Angland appeared at the Spring Assizes, but the trial, owing to the absence of Heyslip and a Crown witness, was adjourned until the Summer Assizes. The warrants will now be executed. Heyslip was not arrested at Newmarket on the 6th January.