§ MR. JAMES O'CONNOR (Wicklow, W.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that the Secretary of the County Wicklow Grand Jury has withheld a sum of money due to Mr. Whelan, Tinahely, for work done as a road contractor; and upon what grounds, or for what purpose, has the money been retained?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURThe Secretary of the Grand Jury informs me that in obedience to an Order of the Exchequer Division of the High Court, he paid the amount in question to Mr. Symes, who was appointed, by the Order, Receiver over the moneys payable by the Grand Jury to Whelan for road contracts, to satisfy, in part, the amount of the judgment in an action brought by Whelan against Symes.