HC Deb 19 May 1881 vol 261 c793
MR. HEALY

asked the Postmaster General, Whether, as the Irish Courts now frequently allows writs to be served by postmen instead of by bailiffs as formerly, any complaints have been received from rural postmen in Ireland at having to deliver registered letters known to contain writs; and, whether, in view of the known disfavour with which persons threatened under those writs with eviction regard their service, the Government think it necessary to send a sufficient force of police to accompany the writ-serving postmen in future?

MR. FAWCETT ,

in reply, said, no complaints on the subject had been received. As to the latter part of the Question, he had to remark that there was nothing in a letter containing a writ to show that it did contain a writ.