§ DR. TANNERI beg to ask the Attorney General for Ireland whether an emergency man named Heslip, of Towermore, was recently summoned by the police at Conna Petty Sessions, under "The Peace Preservation Act, 1881," 702 for having a gun without a license, and for firing on a pack of hounds that were running after a hare near the evicted farm Heslip was in charge of, and was fined 5s. and costs; and whether it is true that after the conviction the magistrates granted him a license on the recommendation of Mr. Ball, D.I., who had acted as prosecutor?
§ MR. MADDENThe Constabulary authorities report that Heslip was fined for using his employer's gun without a license. He fired the shots not on the pack of hounds but to frighten them from the field under his charge, where there were a number of sheep belonging to his employer. It is not the case that he was granted a license after conviction, nor did he ask for one.