§ MR. HARRIS (Galway, E.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, If it be true that last November, while in the act of running away, a man named Tracy was fired at by Lord Clancarty's gamekeeper, Henry Mayne, and that 37 pieces of shot were extracted from the wounded man's legs, arms, and body by the medical officer of the Ballinasloe Union, Dr. Delahunt; whether it is a fact that, when Mayne was brought before the Potty Session Court, Ballinasloe, he was allowed out on bail, Tracy being unable to attend and give evidence, on account of the state of his wounds, and that, when Mayne was brought up a second time and committed to stand his trial at the next Assizes, he was again allowed out on bail until the Assizes; whether it is true that he was not tried at the follow- 171 ing Winter Assizes, which were held in Sligo; and, has he been tried since; and, if so, with what result?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR) (Manchester, E.)I am informed that Tracy entered early on the morning on preserved lands for the purpose of killing rabbits. The gamekeeper had some rabbit traps set which he was watching, when he observed Tracy taking a rabbit out of one and running away. He called upon the man to drop the rabbit, at the same time firing at him. Twelve grains of small shot were subsequently removed from the man's arms and back. The gamekeeper was the day afterwards arrested and remanded. On the following day he was admitted to bail on the doctor's certifying that the wounds were not dangerous. He was not tried at the Winter Assizes, not being in custody; but he was tried at the Galway Spring Assizes, pleaded guilty, and paid £10 compensation, and was allowed out on his own recognizances to come up to receive sentence when called upon. That, in the opinion of the Judge, met the merits of the case.