§ Mr. DEVLINasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether his attention has been called to the case of Cornelius Murphy, of Ballydaly, Rathmore, county Kerry, who was tried at Cork on 17th 938W January by a military court for an offence against martial law, and was charged with being at Ballydaly on 4th January in improper possession of arms and ammunition, namely, a loaded revolver; whether he is aware that the court found him guilty and sentenced him to suffer death by being shot, and that the finding and sentence of the court were duly confirmed by the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Ireland, and the sentence was duly carried out on 1st February; and under what Statute or legal authority the military authorities acted in administering capital punishment in this case?
§ Mr. HENRYThe answer to the first two parts of the question is in the affirmative. The authority under which the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief and the Military Governor acted was the authority conferred on them by the existence of martial law.