§ DR. TANNER (Cork Co., Mid)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, How many previous convictions for drunkenness, &c, were recorded against Detective Constable Peter Monahan; whether the young man Shea, whom he assaulted in Killarney, has lost the sight of the eye which was injured; and, whether it is in accordance with the Constabulary Rules and Regulations to continue as detective or policeman in plain clothes a man who has been convicted of assault and drunkenness?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR) (Manchester, E.), in reply, said, he was informed that there were no previous convictions for drunkenness recorded against the constable. As had been already stated, he was not convicted of assault. It was not a fact that Shea had lost the sight of an eye. The constable had not been continued as a detective.