HC Deb 27 March 1905 vol 143 c1202
MR. FLYNN

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been called to the recent prosecution of an evicted tenant on the Fuge Estate, near Buttevant, named Thomas O'Grady, on a charge of alleged intimidation at Mallow Fair; and, seeing that the magistrate's decision was quashed by the superior Court in Dublin, will he explain why this man's business papers and notebook are still detained by the police, who took them from him at Mallow, and what compensation will be made to him for the detention of his business documents.

MR. WALTER LONG

The police have not detained any papers or books belonging to O'Grady, and did not take possession of any such articles.

MR. FLYNN

If my information should prove correct, will the right hon. Gentleman give instructions that the documents be returned?

MR. WALTER LONG

I am informed that the police have not detained them.