CAPTAIN CRAIGI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can give the House any information about the outrage which was committed on the 12th instant, when the house of a farmer named Murphy, near Derrymore, County Clare, was raided by a party of moonlighters, who fired about a dozen shots from guns and revolvers; can he state if the police have made any arrests; and, if so, what sentences have been passed on the moonlighters.
§ MR. CHERRYOn the evening of 3rd March seven or eight revolver and gun-shots were fired into and about the house of Patrick Murphy, breaking the glass in the kitchen window, but doing no other damage. It is stated that the occupants saw several men running away, but could not identify them. No arrests have been made.
§ MR. T. L. CORBETTasked the right hon. and learned Gentleman when the last arrest was made for this kind of offence.
§ MR. CHERRYI really could not say, but if the hon. Member will put down a Question I will inquire.