... Secretary was confronted with a difhcult situation. To meet it an Act of Parliament was passeil which enabled delinquents to complete their sentences bv instalments. The Cat and Mouse Act was put on the Statute Book. In some cases women were liberated within ...

... tradition, which that of possessing the consistency of jelly, it has wobbled with the resuscitation the iniquitious cat and mouse act. Prisoners have been released, but may be rearrested. Some refuse the conditions. So to-day the Dublin Castle civil official ...