§ MR. O'SULLIVANasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether it is true that an emergency man named Cox dispossessed (with the aid of the police) a person named Benson out of his holding near Rathkeale, in the county Limerick; whether Cox had any legal authority for such eviction, more than the authority of Mr. Clifford Lloyd; and, whether Benson was refused by the Petty Ses- 535 sions clerk a summons against Cox for forcible entry; and, if so, by whose authority was he refused such summons?
§ MR. TREVELYANIt is the case that an Emergency man, named Cox, with the aid of the police, dispossessed a person named Benson out of a holding near Rathkeale; but Benson was not the tenant of the holding. He was merely a labourer left on the farm after the tenant had been evicted. Cox acted under the authority of a warrant from the sheriff. Mr. Clifford Lloyd had nothing to do with the matter. The Petty Sessions clerk refused to give Benson a summons against Cox, unless he got it framed by a solicitor. He did so on his own authority.