The Gazette 1946-49

sentences. . The Public Relations Officer of the Treasury replied in the " Daily Telegraph " of 8th May, that " no such orders have been given or are contemplated." So far so good, but it would be interesting to know the source of the report to the contrary. Have any expressions of opinion been issued by any Government Depart– ment to prosecuting counsel or those instructing them ? The most indirect of such expressions would, if emanating from an official source, be improper and indeed illegal." (Solicitors'Journal, iyth May, 1947.) Pretending to be a Solicitor IN Hall v. Jordan (1947 i All E.R. 826) a solicitor who had been suspended from practice was found guilty of wilfully pretending to be qualified to act as a solicitor during the period of his suspension, and although this was an aggravating circumstance, the justices dismissed the information under the Probation of Offenders' Act, 1907, on payment of costs on the ground that the matters which PATRICK J. BERGIN, 66 Dame Street, Dublin. NICHOLAS A. BYRNE, 25 Westmorland Street, Dublin. THOMAS L. CONDRON, 14 South Frederick Street, Dublin. DARACH CONNOLLY, 21 Parliament Street, Dublin. RICHARD CONNOLLY, Cashel. EOIN C. DALY, Cork. JAMES E. DARGAN, Naas. . . . ' The following have

constituted the offence appeared to be isolated matters. Held by the King's Bench Division that wilfully pretending to be a solicitor was a serious offence and one that could not properly be dealt with under the Probation of Offenders' Act, and that the case must be remitted to the Justices with a direction to convict. COMMITTEE. THE Council have nominated the following members of the Society to act on the proposed Law Clerks' Joint Labour Committee, to be constituted under Section 35 of the Industrial Relations Act, 1946 : D. R. Counahan, Waterford, Arthur Cox, Dublin, William L. Duggan, Carlow, John J. Horgan, Cork, Patrick MacGrath, Nenagh, Daniel O'Connell, Dundalk, Senator L. E. O'Dea, Galway, Patrick F. O'Reilly, Dublin, G. Acheson Overend, Dublin, Brendan T. Walsh, Dublin. LAW CLERKS' JOINT LABOUR P. J. HENNIGAN, Ballina. G. HORAN, Ballaghadereen. EUGENIE HOUSTON (Mrs.), 31 Upr. O'Connell Street, Dublin. JOSEPH HUGHES, Tuam. PATRICK J. B. KEANE, Dingle. PATRICK J. KELLY, Manorhamilton. HARRY MCCRACKEN, 12 Dame Street. BERNARD J. Me DERMOTT, Ballybofey. JAMES MAC DONAGH, Sligo. ARTHUR R. J. Me DONALD, 116 Grafton Street, Dublin. PATRICK J. McENTEE, Cavan. JAMES P. McGARRY, Ballymote. ARTHUR E. MACMAHON, Naas. KEVIN P. McMoRROw, Carrick-on-Shannon. PETER A. McMoRROw, Manorhamilton. EUNAN T. McMuLLiN, Ballybofey. M. J. MAGUIRE, Longford. GEORGE V. MALONEY, Cavan. JACOB, MARCUS, 19 Eustace Street, Dublin. WILLIAM H. MASON, 2 Upr. Ely Place, Dublin. MARJORIE S. MEAGHER (Miss), Bandon. LESLIE MELLON, 25 Clare Street, Dublin. DANIEL O'C. MILEY, 12 Sth. Frederick Street, THOMAS KIERSEY, Waterford. HUGH A. LUDLOW, Skibbereen. joined the Society : RICHARD J. HEGARTY, Kinsale.

NEW MEMBERS

JOSEPH M. DEANE, Longford. MICHAEL J. C. DEMPSEY, Cork. TOIRLEACH DE VALERA,

16 Molesworth Street,

Dublin. WILLIAM DILLON-LEETCH, Ballyhaunis. MOYA DIXON (Miss), 15 Parnell Square. GEORGE T. EASON, Waterford. RICHARD G. EMERSON, Galway. AUSTIN R. FARRELL, Dungarvan. FRANCIS J. FARRELL, Ballymahon. EUGENE P. FINN, Mitchelstown. THOMAS K. FiTzGiBBON, Clonmel.

HENRY J. FLATTERY, Galway. MICHAEL J. GARAHY, Athlone.

M. P. GAVAGAN, 21 Upper Merrion Street, Dublin. BARTHOLOMEW J. GOFF, 206 Clonliffe Rd., Dublin. GERALD Y. GOLDBERG, Cork. DONAL V. GOULDING, 34 Upr. O'Connell Street, Dublin. GEORGE C. GRAHAM, Castleblayney. NORMAN GRUSON, 62 Dawson Street, Dublin.

Dublin. PATRICK J. MORRISSEY, Dungarvan. THOMAS A. MOYLAN, Loughrea. HUGH B. NAUGHTON, Galway. 21

WILLIAM S. HAUGHEY, Ballinamore. DANIEL O. HEALY, Scariff, Co. Clare.