HC Deb 26 March 1877 vol 233 cc488-9
MR. SULLIVAN

asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland, Whether the police received any information of, or made any report upon, a case of violent assault by Mr. William Ancketell, J.P. D.L., of Emyvale, county Monaghan, on an English gentleman, whereby the latter had his leg broken in two place, and still lies under surgical treatment after several months' suffering?

SIR MICHAEL HICKS - BEACH

Sir, I can give the hon. Member no information on the subject. I have made inquiry, and I cannot find that any complaint has been made to the police.

MR. SULLIVAN

Have the police made any report of their knowledge of the transaction?

SIR MICHAEL HICKS - BEACH

The matter has not been brought under the notice of the police at all.