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 or about the 12th instant, when the house of a farmer named Moroney on the Butler estate, County Clare, was attacked by moonlighters, and a regular fusilade of guns and revolver shots fired through the windows; can he state if the police have made any arrests; and, if so, what sentences have been passed on those moonlighters.
§ MR. T. L. CORBETTI suppose we shall get the same reply.
§ MR. CHERRYOn the evening of 28th February several revolver and gun shots were fired outside the house of Michael Moroney, at a distance of about 20 yards from the house. Three pellets of shot entered one of the windows. The offenders were not seen, and the police have not been able to obtain evidence of their identity. No arrests, therefore, have been made. [Ironical OPPOSITION cheers.] It seems to give hon. Members great pleasure that no evidence was obtained by the police.