§ MR. T. M. HEALYI beg to ask the Solicitor General for Ireland who was the official responsible for stripping and shearing Mr. Michael Walsh, the bail prisoner, in Cork Gaol 15 minutes after his arrival; and, if this person was a subordinate officer, who is the official responsible for such person's ignorance of his duties and of the prison rules?
§ MR. MADDENThe General Prisons Board report that the officer responsible for the cutting of the prisoner's hair is Warder George Matson. The prisoner was not stripped. He accepted the bail clothing pending a supply of linen from his own home. Every prison officer is responsible for his own acts.
§ MR. T. M. HEALYWhen was this man—Matson—first appointed, and what has been his experience?
§ MR. MADDENThe hon. and learned Gentleman merely asked for the name of the warder. I have no details in regard to him.