§ MR. DILLON (Mayo, E.)I beg to ask the Attorney General for Ireland whether his attention has been directed to the action of Thomas Smith, bog agent, and Robert Corrigan, estate bailiff, in forcibly evicting Emily Jefferson in the county of Tyrone without legal warrant, and to the language used by County Court Judge Brady at the last Omagh quarter sessions, in commenting upon their proceedings: and whether he will order a prosecution against Smith and Corrigan?
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. J. ATKINSON,) Londonderry, N.Emily Jefferson was the daughter of the caretaker of the dispensary at Carrickmore. After her mother's death, about two years ago, she persisted in retaining possession of a room in which she kept her furniture without any right to do so. She did not reside in the house for the last twelve months, but visited it occasionally. Smith and Corrigan, by the direction of the agent of the landlord, Sir John Stuart, broke the door and removed the furniture, for which Emily Jefferson sued the landlord for forcible entry into the house in which she was herself a trespasser, and claimed £10 damages. She was awarded ten shillings by the county court judge.