§ MR. J. O'CONNOR (Tipperary, S.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether, at the eviction of James Clery, Ardmoyle, Cashel, County Tipperary, on the 4th instant, an emergency man, named Robert Millet, presented a revolver at a crowd of about 300 people, and placed it at the breasts of a few persons; whether Clery demanded his arrest by the District Inspector Green, who was in charge of the police, and who declined to act except on a warrant; whether Clery and witnesses of the alleged assault went to Colonel Mansergh, the nearest Magistrate, and asked for a warrant for Millet's arrest, and were told by him that he had got no warrant in the house; whether Clery and witnesses then applied to Denis Scully, Petty Sessions Clerk, Cashel, who peremptorily refused a form of warrant, 1074 saying, "he would not put any magisstrate in a difficulty;" and, whether he will make inquiries, with a view to facilitate the operation of the law in this and similar cases in the district mentioned?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH) (Bristol, W.)The alleged assault was not witnessed by any of the police, and the officer in charge declined therefore to make the arrest; but referred the complainants to a magistrate. Colonel Mansergh, to whom they went, was of opinion the case should be dealt with by summons. The Clerk of Petty Sessions merely declined to issue a warrant without directions from a magistrate, and pointed out it was a case for a summons. This view of the case was subsequently supported by the Cashel Bench of Magisstrates, and the Executive sees no cause to interfere.