§ MR. T. W. RUSSELLI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can give the number of applications for compensation for malicious injury made at the recent Kerry Assizes with the results, and if he can classify the applications and indicate the nature of the offences?
§ MR. SEXTONCan the right hon. Gentleman at the same time give the corresponding information for the preceding two years?
MR. J. MORLEYThere were 39 applications for compensation for malicious injuries at the recent Kerry Assizes. Compensation was granted in 26 of these cases, classified as follows:—Killing and maiming animals, eight; incendiary fires, 12; injuries to property, five; assaulting and injuring a police-sergeant, one. In 13 cases compensation was refused, and the classification of these is as follows:—Killing and maiming cattle, six; incendiary fires, six; injuries to property, one. At the Kerry Spring Assizes of 1892 compensation for malicious injuries was applied for in 38 cases, and granted in 37—[Nationalist Cheers]—the classification of the latter being:—Incendiary fires, 17; maiming cattle, 15; injuries to property, five. At the Kerry Spring Assizes of 1891 compensation for such injuries was applied for in 40 cases and granted in 39, the classification of these latter being:—Incendiary fires, seven; maiming cattle, 26; injuries to property, six.