§ MR. DELANY (Queen's County, Ossory)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that in the case of Edward Carroll, Lacken, Queen's County against Constable Masterson and Cry an, Royal Irish Constabulary, late of Mountmellick, for an assault committed at Somergrove, Mountmellick, on March 17th last, heard in the superior courts, a Dublin jury awarded the plantiff £100 damages have been paid, and whether Constable Cryan is still in the force, and, if so, where stationed, and whether there is any account of the whereabouts of Constable Masterson.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce). The facts are as stated. The Inspector General informs me that the damages have not yet been paid. Constable Cryan, who is still in the force, is stationed at Oylgate, county Wexford. This constable wrote to the plaintiff's solicitor offering to pay £50 by instalments, but the offer was refused, and nothing further has been done. No account of the whereabouts of Constable Masterson, who is no longer in the force, has been received.