§ MR. CONYBEARE (Cornwall, Camborne)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether it is the fact, as stated in The Freeman's Journal of the 20th of April, that a few little girls were laughing at the police at Letterkenny, when a constable threw down and trampled on a Gweedore orphan, who became unconscious and was carried bleeding into the hospital; and, whether he will inquire into the circumstances of this case and the conduct of the police in question?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR) (Manchester, E.)The Inspector General of Constabulary reports that there is no truth in the accusation against the police contained in The Freeman's Journal. The girl informed the District Inspector of Constabulary, in presence of the doctor, that she fell over a stone and was stumbled on by another girl. She did not allege that she had been ill-used by any policeman. Two days after the occurrence the doctor told the District Inspector that the girl was then quite well, and that the injuries which she had received were very slight.