§ MR. DELANY (Queen's County, Ossory)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state if Constable Masterson, Royal Irish Constabulary, Mountmellick, who has been returned for trial to the next assizes in Queen's County on a charge of assault preferred against him by a man named Carroll, and which is alleged to have been committed at Somergrove, near Mountmellick, and who is at present at liberty under a rule of bail, is still discharging duty as a peace officer in Mountmellick.
§ MR. WALTER LONGConstable Masterson has been suspended from duty since May 2nd.