§ MR. JUSTIN M'CARTHYasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant 1783 of Ireland, Whether District Inspector Saville, of Ballymahon, county Longford, who was a member of the court of inquiry lately held in the case of Sergeant Gallagher of the police force, and who took a favourable view of Gallagher's conduct, has been since removed from the county; whether Police Constables Shanaghan and Spillane, who were witnesses for Gallagher in the same inquiry, have also been removed; and, whether he can give the reason for the removal of these men from the county where they had served for a long time?
§ MR. TREVELYANI have already stated that the Court which heard the case against Sergeant Gallagher considered the charge against him fully proved. District Inspector Saville was a member of that Court, and the Inspector General has no reason to suppose that he held any other view of the case than that expressed in the finding which he signed. Mr. Saville has, on his own application, made long before and with no reference to this case, been transferred to another county. The constables who were witnesses have not been removed from the county. They have been transferred to another station within the county to meet the requirements of the service. The fact of their having been witnesses at the Court referred to had nothing whatever to do with their transfer.