The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-03-11 00:00:00

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MURDER IN TIIS COUNTY ANTRIM.—An atrocions
murder was perpetrated on Friday, at a place called
Gillistown, five miles from Randalstown, in the county
Antrim. A man named Rainey had a garden in which
there is a spring well, from which the eottiers who live
near were in the habit of drawing water, and to which
they believed they had • *pennon right. Rainey put
up a gate in order to exclude them, giving notice that
be would allow no more aocess to the well, as the
people frequenting it spoiled his garden. A woman
named Bridget Connor, went to the well, disregarding
the peoldbition. An altercation arose with Rainey.
Daniel Quinn ran out of his house to ascertain the
sense, accompanied by his wife and others. lie
interfered, when Rainey struck him with his fist in the
face, and in quick sitecession Rainey's daughter struck
him with a "beetle" on the head. A man named
Warren stabbed hint with a stable-fork on the forehead,
and soother man struck him on the back of the head
with • bludgeon, which felled him to the ground, and he
was killed on the spot. This tragedy was enacted
quite suddenly in the midst of a general fight with all
sorts of weapons. The Raineys retreated to their house,
which they barricaded, defending themselves with
difficulty against the furious assaults of the friends of
the murdered man. The police was soon on the spot,
and arrested six persons. An inquest has been held,
and the following verdict returned ;—" That the
deceased came by his death, from blows indicted by
Samuel Warden and William M'Dowell, and that
Charles Rainey and his daughter, Elizabeth Rainey,
were present, aiding and abetting in the transaction."
The four prisoners were then returned for trial at the
approaching Belfast Assizes.
A ears was tried at the Cork Assizes, on Wednesday,
in which Lady Lonsia Morgan, wife of Captain Morgan,
and danghtsr of the Earl of Mount-Oaahell, prosecuted
her lather-in-law, Mr. Edward Morgan, J.P., and some
of his servants, for an assault. The defendant
demanded possession of a carriage, the property of the
lady'. husband, which she refused to give him, and he
proceeded to take it by force. The plaintiff
endeavoured to prevent him, and, as sh• deposed, was
thrown down, struck, some of her hair torn out, her
neckeliain broken, and her dress torn by the defen-
dants. The jury, without leaving the box, returned •
verdict acquitting all the defendants.
Mr. Barney Sheehan, an eccentrio member of th•
Cork Town Council, got into trouble on Monday. His
oddities have been tolerated to an extraordinary extent
by his fellow citizens, but Baran Hughes did not under-
stand that sort of indulgence. In reference to a
remark of counsel about frivolous actions, Mr. Sheehan,
in • loud voice, said, "It's ell the fault of that humbug
plods attorney, niy Lord." The judge inquired who
the man was, and at once ordered him to be placed in
the dock. "Oh my Lord," said Barney," but 1 beg your
pardon, Sir, for a minute. I didn't mean anything at
all, indeed, Sir." He was kept in the dock till the
Court rose at 6 o'clock, when Professor Barry pleaded
for him, and obtained his release on condition that lie
should not enter either of the courts during the rest of
the sittings, Baron Hughes explaining that lie had been
aware that the tame person had interrupted the Court
on former occasions.
Anether murder has been perpetrated in Ireland. A
John M'Kernan was shot dead at his own door on the
evening of the 25th ult., and so thoroughly have the
parties engaged in the crime succeeded in obliterating all
Waved of themselves that, although several have been
apprehended, they have all been discharged with one
exception, to whom some special suspicion is said to
attach. The outrage, it is said, was committed in
consequence of M'Eenian having tel en souse land from
which others had been evicted.