§ MR. CHARLES CRAIGI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that the gates on the farm of Mr. Patrick Corboy, near Birr, were smashed on a night last week and the cattle driven to a distance of some miles from the farm; whether he has any official information showing that the fact that Corboy had lent his car for the conveyance of the police was the motive of the outrage; and what steps the police have taken with regard to the matter.
§ MR. BIRRELLThe police authorities inform me that the gates of Mr. Corboy's farm were broken at night and his cattle were found a mile from the farm. Mr. Corboy's carts had been employed by the police, but whether this fact furnished the motive for the injury can be a matter of opinion only. The police have taken
† See (4) Debates, clxxiv., 799–800.98 steps to prevent further interference with Mr. Corboy.