I don't discuss the question of guilt or innocence.

For the sake of argument I will say that there are some men in jail who are guilty.

They must come out as well as the innocent, because their guilt is due to misgovernment in the past.'-- Mr.Pierce Mahony, _Irish Independent_, April 5.

See 'Notes on the Bill,' p.

423.
'There is no use in deceiving ourselves upon this matter; we would be fools if we thought that in the next few weeks, or within the next few months, we would succeed in getting our brethren out of prison.