MR. O'CONNOR POWERasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, If it is true that Mr. Ball, Sub-Inspector Royal Irish Constabulary, of Ballina, County Mayo, recently entered the house of Mr. Daniel Grehan, one of the inhabitants of that town, at midnight, and without a warrant, and entered the room in which Mr. Grehan's daughters were sleeping; and, if so, what were the circumstances of this illegal proceeding?
§ MR. W. E. FORSTER, in reply, said, that the facts were not as stated in the Question. Sub-Inspector Ball did not break into Grehan's house, nor enter the room where his two daughters were sleeping. He was admitted by Grehan, who showed him into a room where his two sons were sleeping, one of whom Ball was in search of, being charged with larceny. He was convicted of the charge, and sentenced to two months' imprisonment.
§ MR. W. E. FORSTERsaid, if the hon. Member would ask the Question again he would endeavour to find out.