§ MR. DELANY (Queen's County, Ossory)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary: to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been called to the failure of Constable Masterson, Royal, Irish Constabulary, to surrender to his bail at the late Maryborough Assizes; and, seeing that the grand jury found a true bill against Masterson, who was charged with feloniously wounding and using unnecessary violence in the arrest of Edward Carroll near Mountmellick on 94 the night of the 17th March last, whether he can say what steps are being taken to prevent Masterson absconding, and why the Crown accepted his own personal recognisances.
§ MR. WALTER LONGThe constable failed to appear at assizes, and a warrant for his arrest was at once issued. At the time his personal recognisances were accepted there was no reason to apprehend that he would abscond. His present whereabouts are unknown, but I the police are endeavouring to trace him.
§ MR. DELANYWho was responsible for this man? Was he not living in the police barracks?
§ MR. WALTER LONGHe was out on his own recognisances.