HC Deb 31 July 1890 vol 347 cc1371-2
COLONEL SAUNDERSON (Armagh, N.)

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that in the district of Tralee, County Kerry, four stabs were inflicted on a donkey belonging to Thomas Grogan, on an evicted farm; if so, whether any one has been made amenable for the outrage?

MR. A. J. BALFOUR

The Constabulary Authorities report that it is the case that in the district of Tralee a donkey which was grazing on an evicted farm was found on the 22nd instant to be stabbed in four places. No person appears to have been so far made amenable for this cowardly and cruel outrage.

MR. E. HARRINGTON (Kerry, W.)

Has it been brought to the knowledge of the right hon. Gentleman that the punctures were such as might have been made by a Constabulary bayonet?

MR. A. J. BALFOUR

No, Sir.

MR. DILLON (Mayo, E.)

Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that the owner of a racehorse stabbed his own animal and then obtained 100 guineas from the Grand Jury?

[No answer was returned.]