§ MR. REDMONDasked Mr. Attorney General for Ireland, Whether it is a fact that on Sunday the 26th March, Constable Hayden and a body of police attempted to search the house of Mr. John Egan, of Ballinasloe, without warrant or authority; that on the following day they again visited his house, and in spite of his opposition proceeded to search the building, refusing to show any warrant to authorise them; whether the police were justified in taking this action; and, whether Mr. Egan would not have been acting legally had he ejected them by force from his house?
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. W. M. JOHNSON)This search was made by the Constabulary, under the orders of their officer, for dynamite, with which an abominable attempt was feloniously made to blow up a gentleman's house in the neighbourhood.