§ MR. MACALEESEI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, what steps have been taken to bring to justice the persons who committed an aggravated assault upon a man named M'Quade, beside the police barrack at Aughnacloy, on the 15th of May last, whose life was for some time in danger; did M'Quade give the names of his assailants to the police; and, were any arrests made?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURM'Quade's life was not endangered by the injury he received on the occasion referred to. He summoned two persons for the assault, one of whom was fined, and the case against the other was dismissed. M'Quade gave the police the name of the person who struck him, but there was a conflict of testimony between him and his brother as to the man's identity. The person convicted was proved to be the offender.