HC Deb 22 April 1901 vol 92 cc921-2
MR. DILLON

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether Sergeant James Sullivan, late of Mulranny, county Mayo, has recently been suspended from duty; and, if so, what was the charge on which he was suspended.

THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. WYNDHAM,) Dover

Sergeant Sullivan was suspended from duty pending the investigation of a charge preferred against him of having assaulted a married woman. The result of investigation showed that there was no evidence to sustain the charge, and tended to prove that it was fabricated. The suspension has been removed and the sergeant entirely exonerated from the imputation brought against him.

MR. DILLON

Will the right hon. Gentleman give us access to the evidence?

MR. WYNDHAM

No, Sir. The evidence was submitted to the Law Officers of the Crown, who had no hesitation in saying there was no case for prosecution. I have been through the evidence, and come to the same conclusion. I have no doubt whatever that the charge was fabricated.

MR. JAMES O'CONNOR

Are we not told that all charges against policemen are fabrications?

* MR. SPEAKER

Order, order!