§ MR. D. SHEEHY (Galway, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, whether he 455 is aware that on Sunday last John Dwyer, of Caher, County Clare, while under the protection of a police guard, and without provocation, drew a revolver on the public road and presented it at a farmer's wife; and whether, in view of the adequate police protection afforded to him, Dwyer will be prosecuted, and prevented from displaying deadly weapons without necessity for the future?
MR. JOHN MORLEYThe facts are substantially as stated. Taking all the circumstances into consideration, it has been decided not to prosecute Dwyer on this occasion, but he has been severely cautioned to be more careful in future, and informed that a repetition of the offence will lead to his being proceeded against.