asked the Minister for Defence if he will release Thomas Muldoon, No. 2600, 18 Hut, C Line, Hare Park Camp, and if he is aware that the prisoner was sentenced to ten years' penal servitude, on a charge of having a notebook in his possession which he used pre-Truce.
WRITTEN ANSWERS. - A HARE PARK PRISONER.
SEAN O LAIDHIN
Thomas Muldoon was sentenced to death by a Military Court on the 31st May, 1923, on a charge of having in his possession a certain written document calculated to be or which might be used for purposes prejudicial to the safety of the State or of the National Forces. The sentence was commuted to ten years' penal servitude and duly confirmed. It is not practicable to release him.
I may add that the prisoner has not yet made application for the review of his sentence by the Commissioners appointed for the purpose under the provisions of the Indemnity Act, 1923.