HC Deb 27 June 1905 vol 148 cc262-3
MR. MACVEAGH

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether any report has been made to the police as to the mutilation of cattle on the 14th instant at a place called Dunloy, in the north of county Antrim; and whether he can state the name of the owner of the cattle and the circumstances of the outrage.

MR. WALTER LONG

On the 17th instant the Rev. P. Darragh, of Dunloy, reported to the police that a few nights † See (4) Debates, cxxxii., 849 previously his cow and calf were maliciously injured, the hair being cut off their tails. The police upon examining the animals found the fact to be as stated. The animals were not mutilated. The police have not yet been able to discover the offender, but he carefully pursuing their investigation of the case.

MR. MACVEAGH

Seeing that this clergyman is the parish priest, will the outrage be denounced by the hon. Member for North Antrim?

MR. PATRICK O'BRIEN (Kilkenny)

And will it figure in the next Return as a crime?

[No Answer was returned.]