HC Deb 12 June 1907 vol 175 cc1436-7
CAPTAIN CRAIG

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if the cattle on the holding of a small farmer called Donnelly, on Sir Henry Burke's estate, East Galway, were driven off in the presence of a body of police; and if the Government are prepared to treat this as a serious offence.

MR. BIRRELL

Mr. Donnelly's cattle were driven off his farm on 30th May. Four policemen were present, but they were unable to prevent the offence Proceedings have been directed against those offenders who can be identified, with the object of having them bound to keep the peace and be of good behaviour.

CAPTAIN CRAIG

Will one of the Law Officers of the Crown prosecute in these cases to show the perpetrators of the outrage the determination of the Government to stop them?

MR. BIRRELL

The Government are doing all they can to stop them.

MR. T. L. CORBETT

And that is nothing at all.