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LORD CHANCELLOR'S SECRETARY'S OFFICE,
Four Courts, Dublin,
16th day of March 1916 Sir, I have placed your letter of the 14th inst. before
the
Lord Chancellor, who directs me to say that he has not over-
looked any context in which the words mentioned in my letter
of the 13 inst. were used by you. He considers that no context can justify the
use of those
words by a gentleman holding His Majesty's Commission of the
Peace and which were publicly adopted by you when sitting in
Court. The Lord Chancellor is sorry that you in no way regret
the matter and he has no course except to remove your name
from the Commission of the Peace. Accordingly I transmit herewith the Writ of Supersedeas
to discharge you from further acting as a Justice of Peace. I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant, G H.
Jeremiah Lane, Esq. 9 South Main St,
Cork.
Letter from Gerald Horan (1880-1949) of the Lord Chancellor's Secretary's Office to
Jeremiah Lane, a justice of the peace in Cork, explaining how Lane has now been removed
from commission. Lane had made comments at a meeting of the Cork Corporation that
were considered inappropriate. His explanation that the comments were taken out of
context was, according to the letter, not deemed acceptable.