HC Deb 15 April 1890 vol 343 c544
MR. WILLIAM REDMOND (Fermanagh, N.)

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that the Rev. J. Brown, C.C. of Ramsgrange, County Wexford, has received a communication from the Resident Magistrate of the district, informing him that he would be followed by the police if he did not refrain from holding meetings of the National League; and whether, in pursuance of this threat, it is true that a police constable followed Father Brown into the house of a dying woman; and, if so, whether the police acted in accordance with their instructions, and whether this part of the County Wexford is quite free from crime?

MR. A. J. BALFOUR

I have not yet been able to obtain the information which would enable me to answer the question.

MR. W. REDMOND

Are we to understand that a matter such as this can occur without the knowledge of the right hon. Gentleman the Attorney General for Ireland?

MR. A. J. BALFOUR

It is a question whether it did occur.

MR. W. REDMOND

I beg to give notice that I will repeat the question tomorrow.