§ Major WATTS MORGANasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether Mr. Daniel Buckley, of Abbeyfeale, has been sentenced by court-martial to nine months' hard labour for saying that the shooting of two boys had been arranged by the police; whether the two boys in question were, in fact, shot by police; who revises such sentences; whether Mr. Buckley's sentence was confirmed; and whether an independent tribunal will be set up to reconsider all court-martial sentences?
§ Sir H. GREENWOODDaniel Buckley, alias Hartnett, was proved to have stated publicly that the shooting of two boys had been arranged by the police, and that he had taken the oath of allegiance to the Irish Republican Army, and had not yet broken it. He was found guilty of making statements likely to cause disaffection, and was sentenced to imprisonment with hard labour for nine months. The sentence was confirmed by the Commander-in-Chief. The two persons referred to were shot by a police constable while running away after having been challenged and called upon to halt. The answer to the last part of the question is in the negative.