§ DR. TANNER (Cork Co., Mid)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether the fine imposed by the Fermoy Bench of Magistrates upon a policeman named Hyde, upon the 14th of last October, has been paid; what were the reasons for which the fine was imposed; and, whether the said policeman has latterly been promoted; and, if so, can he state why he was promoted?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR) (Manchester, E.)The Inspector General of Constabulary reports that Acting Sergeant Hyde was not fined as alleged; but on the 11th of October Hyde and other members of the Police Force were charged before the magistrates with alleged assaults, arising out of the dispersal of a disorderly stone-throwing crowd in Fermoy on the 21st of September, and ordered to pay a fine, and this sentence was subsequently reversed on appeal. The acting sergeant has not since been promoted.