§ 17. Mr. BOLANDasked on whose instructions the cow of Mrs. Sullivan, Portmagee, was impounded at Tralee instead of at Cahirciveen, after it had been seized, about 15th April; whether he is aware that Cahirciveen, the nearest pound, is about ten miles from Portmagee, whereas Tralee is more than fifty miles; and whether, in view of the fact that after the cow had been released through the help of friends, 1354 Mrs. Sullivan was compelled to pay the railway fare of the animal from Tralee to Cahirciveen, he will state whether it is in the power of any sheriff to put such extra expense on any person by deciding to what pound an animal, seized for rent, may be sent; and, if not, what steps he proposes to take in the matter?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe facts are generally as stated in the question. I am informed that the cow was, on the instructions of the sheriff, impounded at Tralee instead of at Cahirciveen, where the nearest pound to Portmagee is situated. I am advised that the sheriff has power to appoint the place to which cattle taken in execution under a decree are to be removed for purposes of sale, and I have, therefore, no power to interfere in the matter.