§ Mr. FLAVINasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that Timothy Brosnan, of Castle Gregory, county Kerry, was sentenced by court-martial to five years' penal servitude for merely carrying arms on the 30th April last; that before his trial his solicitor, J. D. O'Connell. Tralee, communicated with the military authorities at Cork and Tralee, requesting to be allowed to appear for him, and that an answer was received from Captain Dickie, 2492W intelligence officer, Queenstown, stating that facilities would be given for defence; whether the correspondence with his solicitor was brought before the court-martial or the military authorities in Dublin; and, if so, why the trial of the prisoner was proceeded with in the absence and without the knowledge of his solicitor; and whether, in view of the circumstances of the case, an opportunity will now be given to reopen the case with a view to having the prisoner represented?
§ Mr. FORSTERInquiry is being made.