CAPTAIN CRAIGI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that recently on the land of a farmer named Shaughnessy, of Drumsheel, three tons of hay were burned to the ground; and whether, seeing that this is one of a series of outrages on this man's farm, any action has been taken by the police, and, if so, have the perpetrators been brought to justice.
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CAPTAIN CRAIGTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been drawn to an outrage perpetrated on the night of the 5th inst., when a sheep belonging to a widow named Melitt, in the district of Cong, was found with a wooden stake driven through its stomach; whether any action has been taken by the police; and, if so, have the perpetrators been brought to justice.
CAPTAIN CRAIGTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that recently in the district of Cong, a quantity of hay, the property of Mr. W. H. Diskin, a member of Ballinrobe District Council, was set on fire by lighted coals being thrust under the stack; whether any action has been taken by the police; and, if so, have the perpetrators been brought to justice.
MR. BRYCEI am informed by the police authorities that the facts are as stated in these three Questions, with the exception that the offence against Shaughnessy is not one of a series, but is the only case of which the police have any knowledge. The police have been closely investigating each of the cases, and have made every effort to discover the offenders, but so far without success.