§ MR. J. P. FARRELL (Cavan, W.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether a 1196 complaint was made to the Inspector-General, Royal Irish Constabulary, as to the conduct of District Inspector Meehan, Carrick-on-Shannon, in threatening to estreat a man's recognisances because he called a local magistrate by his Christian name; and will the inquiry be granted.
§ MR. G. W. BALFOURThe reply to the first paragraph is in the affirmative. It appears the man in question was making a practice of calling after the magistrate by his Christian name in an offensive manner every time he passed. The Inspector-General has informed the writer of the complaint that he had inquired into the matter and found it did not call for his further interference.