§ MR. KILBRIDEI beg to ask the Attorney General for Ireland whether he has seen the report in the Press that Mrs. Hawkes Maybury, of Caher Lodge, Kenmare, whilst walking through the avenue leading to Lansdowne Lodge, was wounded in the arm by a revolver bullet, fired by an official in the employ of Mr. J. Townsend Trench, who was practising in the use of the revolver; whether this official had a licence to carry a revolver; and whether, owing to the serious nature of this occurrence, he will instruct the police to take steps to insure the public safety?
§ MR. MADDENThe Constabulary Authorities report that it is the case that Mrs. Maybury was accidentally wounded, as stated in the question. The man who fired the shot is a farmer's son. He does not appear to have been at the time in Mr. Trench's employment. The reply to the second paragraph is in the affirmative. The police take all practicable steps to secure the public safety. But in the case in question the shot seems to have been fired in private grounds, and no complaint appears to have been made to the police alleging any culpable negligence in the matter
§ MR. KILBRIDEHow far was it from the road that the shot was fired?
§ MR. MADDENI am unable to say.