Captain COOPERasked the Chief Secretary whether his attention has been directed to a number of awards amounting to £59, for malicious injuries to live stock and other properties, granted by Judge Bodkin, at the Ennis Quarter Sessions, on Friday 15th April, and also to certain threatening letters and notices produced at the hearing of one of these claims; whether the authors of the injuries have been discovered, and whether any arrests have been made?
§ Mr. BIRRELLMy attention has been called to several cases in which compensation was awarded for malicious injuries at the recent quarter sessions at Ennis, and also to two threatening letters received by one of the claimants and his brother. The authors of the injuries have not been discovered, and no arrests have been made.