§ Mr. DILLONasked the Attorney-General for Ireland whether his attention has been called to the prosecution in Dublin last week of William J. Warren, a member of the National Volunteers, for an alleged refusal to give information in respect of the place where rifles are stored; whether it is known to the Irish Government that several persons in Ireland in high position have rifles, small arms, and equipment in their safe keep- 51W ing; and whether it is that Mr. Warren has been a supporter of the Irish party that he has been singled out for a criminal prosecution?
§ Mr. A. SAMUELSI am informed that the prosecution which is under Regulation 53 of the Defence of the Realm Regulations is stillsub judice, and accordingly I can make no statement with reference to it. The answer to the last portion of the question of the hon. Member is an emphatic negative.