§ MR. SHEILasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether, on January 1st 1884, Mr. Pollock, J.P. of Mountainstown, in the county of Meath, stopped a boy named 341 Charles Reilly, and searched him for arms; whether Mr. Pollock acted legally; whether Mr. Pollock is High Sheriff for the county Meath; and, whether it is the intention of Her Majesty's Government in Ireland to call upon Mr. Pollock for an explanation of his conduct?
§ MR. TREVELYANFrom inquiries made, it appears that Mr. Pollock heard a shot fired on land which he preserves, and, going in the direction of it, met three young men, and amongst them Charles Reilly. He asked Reilly whether he had a revolver, and touched the outside of his coat pockets. He did not otherwise search him, nor, beyond this, did he lay a hand on him. Mr. Pollock's herd was fired at about 12 months ago, and he is anxious about persons carrying arms in his neighbeurhood. Mr. Pollock was not High Sheriff when the occurrence took place. I do not think the matter calls for any further notice on the part of the Government.