HC Deb 10 June 1884 vol 288 cc1891-2
MR. BIGGAR (for Mr. O'BRIEN)

asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether it is the fact that, at the Knockbarron (county Galway) Races, a detective policeman was drunk and brandishing a revolver in the refreshment room under the stand-house, to the danger of the bystanders, and had to be deprived of the weapon by one of the attendants: and, if so, what steps have been taken in the case?

MR. TREVELYAN

Sir, a constable employed on detective duty at Knockbarron Races got drunk at the refreshment bar. He had a revolver, which was taken from him by a head constable; but it did not come to the knowledge of the local police that he had been brandishing it. He has been punished for his offence—having been fined £2, and removed to a distant station at his own expense. He has also been removed from the detective force.