§ MR. SYNANasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether Richard Radcliffe, the caretaker of Mr. Sheehy, (Coroner), Shannongrove, county Limerick, has been refused a licence to have a gun for the protection of Shannongrove House and Farm, although he (Radcliffe) produced a license to carry arms in Kerry, where he was recently a caretaker of Mr. Browne; whether the Resident Magistrate was, at the time of such refusal, 1355 aware that Mr. Sheehy's house was broken into at night in his absence; whether be could state how often the Resident Magistrate attended the District Sessions at Pallaskenry for the last six months; and, whether the said Resident Magistrate gave, at the same time, a licence to Patrick White, of Shannongrove, and upon what recommendation; and, whether said Patrick White is only a fisherman, and is suspected of poaching, and has been summoned for shooting a valuable dog, the property of said Mr. Sheehy, on said farm?
§ MR. TREVELYANI answered the greater part of this Question on Friday last. I have since learnt the particulars of the case of Patrick White. He was granted a gun licence more than two years ago on the recommendation of the police and a magistrate of the district in which he resides. He is a respectable man, and not a poacher. It is true that in May last he was charged with shooting a dog belonging to Mr. Sheehy; but the charge was dismissed.
§ MR. SYNANbegged leave to remind the right hon. Gentleman that the case was not dismissed. It was actually now before the magistrates.
§ MR. TREVELYANI am informed it is dismissed.