HC Deb 26 November 1902 vol 115 cc511-2
MR. TULLY

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that at the Ballyvaughan Petty Sessions (County Clare) on the 13th instant, a young man named Michael Fahy was fined by Captain H. de Vere Pery, R. M., for attacking a dwelling house, although the police sergeant and another constable swore that, as they had Fahy under observation at the time, it was impossible for him to have committed the offence; and whether he proposes to order an investigation into the circumstances connected with this case.

MR. WYNDHAM

The sergeant swore that at the time of the alleged attack he was in the vicinity of the house, but he did not swear that he had the accused under observation. The latter was identified by two witnesses. No constable was examined in the case.