§ MR. LONSDALEI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that compensation has been awarded at Kilrush quarter sessions to Mr. James Griffin, J.P., for malicious injury to two horses and a mare, which had their manes and tails cut off, and that the evidence in the case disclosed the fact that the 1154 claimant was recently shot at wounded; and whether any persons have been made criminally amenable for these offences.
§ MR. BIRRELLI am informed that compensation was awarded as stated in the Question. The injury to the animals consisted in cutting off their manes and the hair of their tails. It is the fact that Mr. Griffin was recently fired at and slightly wounded. No person has been made amenable for these offences.