§ MR. MACARTNEY (Antrim, S.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether a Constabulary Court of Inquiry was held at Glasslough, County Monaghan, on the 12th May, 1886, to investigate a charge made against Constable Kennedy by two brothers named M'Gonnell, for making use of party expressions; whether six witnesses of good character were called for the defence, and only three for the prosecution; and, why, in the face of the preponderance of evidence being in. favour of the accused, the Court found him guilty of the charge preferred against him?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR) (Manchester, E.), in reply, said, the facts were substantially as stated in the first paragraph of the Question. The Court of Inquiry, after carefully weighing the evidence, considered the case proved; and the Inspector General found it necessary, in the interest of the Public Service, to order the constable's removal to another county.