§ MR. O'HANLON (Cavan, E.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether any complaint has reached him that Francis Sherlock, of Cootehill, who was a witness in a case against John Glennan and others on the 11th and 12th October, 1888, at Cavan, received a letter from the Clerk of the Crown and Peace to the effect that he had paid a cheque for 10s. 6d. not to Sherlock but to Buchanan; and whether this man will get paid his expenses out of pocket and loss of time also?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURIt appears that Buchanan forged the names of Goss and Sherlock to two cheques of 10s. 6d. each, which had been issued in payment of their expenses as witnesses, and entrusted to him for transmission to them. Buchanan was subsequently sentenced to six months' imprisonment for the forgery. In the circumstances, the Crown Solicitor was authorised on the 30th July to issue further cheques to Messrs. Goss and Sherlock for these amounts, which, I presume, they have 1465 before this received. Mr. Sherlock put forward a further claim for expenses and loss of time, which, however, it was found, upon inquiry, could not be sustained as a charge against public moneys.