§ MR. MACVEAGH (Down, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been called to the conduct of a police constable named Molloy at Coleraine Petty Sessions in a prosecution against a hotel keeper for breach of the licensing laws; whether he is aware that this constable threatened one of the witnesses that whether he would be summoned or not in future would depend on the way he would give his evidence, and that the case was dismissed; and, if so, will he say whether the constable has been censured for his conduct.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe constable used no threat. He stated to one of the witnesses that if he told the truth he might not be summoned. This was an improper observation and the constable has been so informed.
§ MR. MACVEAGHWill this constable be removed from the district?
§ MR. THOMAS O'DONNELLWill the right hon. Gentleman take steps to put an end to this systematic persecution of this publican, which has become a matter of public notoriety?