The Express.
London, England, 1848-01-21 00:00:00

Miehaal Hennnty, at Ballyboy, in this county, and =dew.
fully obliged one Thames Hennessy to deliver to them a gun,
his property.
Several witne.ses were examined in support tithe muta-
tion. An alibi was sworn for the prisoners M'llainara and
Neon.
The jury found a verdict of Guilty against Mliansara,
Murph and Slattery, and acquitted the others.
The Chief Justice pronounced sentence upon them as fol.
lows: Slattery transportation for fourteen years, Murphy
transportation for seven years, and M'Namera twelve
months' imprisonment.

ENNIS, WIDNISDLY, JAN. 19.
Their lordships sat this morning, at half-past ten o'clock.
SINTINC IS UPON I'ILUIONBILO.—AbiII Crowe, the man
who was convicted for conspiring, with the two convicts,
Patrick Ryan (Small), Winions Rpm (Pooh), James
Hayes, and others, to murder the late Mr. James Wataon.
of :Ilynorney, having been plated at the bar, to receive the
sent?nceof the court,

The Clerk of the Crown asked him the lama question,
whether he had anything to say why sent an of death
should not be pronounced against him.
The prisoner, who appears to ban suffered onelderably
since hie oonnctien on Monday j by his haggard
countenance, said, in a weak end oy voice,-1 rave
only to soy, your lordships, that then was not one word of
truth sworn qn the table, but what was sworn as to my
gong to. Mr. Arthur to speak to about_ tin attn.
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perjury, for never
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innocent ; and I hope the court twill pat no • long day.
and let my body be buried with toy pagenia. That is all
Len se say.
' The judgeahaving put on teener black eliplc •
The Chief Baron pronounced thisextreme penalty of the
law, observing that the crime of the prisoner, who was a
man far above the lower classes of society, was, of a much
deeper die than that of the men who actually perpetrated
the murder which he hired them to execute. lie Idrdship
then went through the facts of the case, and concluded by
naming the 19th of February for has execution.
The sentence did not state, as in other cases, that' is body
should be buried within the precincts of the gaol. The pri-
soner left the dock without making any further olrervation.
His step, however, and general appearance, displayed the ut
most degree of fear and c needles. His unfortunate wife
and children were all within bearing of the sentence, but
thee listened to it in perfect silence, as if they expected
nothing else but the last penalty of the law.
Thomas M'Entiery, Petrick Gearan, Charles Healy, tad
John Griffin, the fi r,t of whom was convicted, and the other
three of whom pleaded guilty, of the murder of Martin
kl'Mabon, having been celled to the bar, sentence of death
was new ded against them. The Chief Baron, in pronounc-
ing it, 'toted that they would have been sentenced to death
were it nut that it appeared they did not contempLta mur-
der, although death ensued from their conduct, and also
front the fact that the arms which they carried were not
I found to he loaded, and no shots were fired.
James Ilene, James Dugan, Lawrence Shanahan, and
John hI'M ,hoc, for posting a threatening notice on the gate
of Colonel Crofton Nrandeleur-12 months' imprisonment
each.

Michael M`Mahon, convicted of the conspiracy to murder
Mr. Matthew Bolland, was then brought up, and sentence
of death was recordeA against him. la pronouncing it the
Chief Baron spoke of the atrocity of the prisoner's crime,
which he said was calculated to uproot society to its very
foundation, by encouraging a system which, if carried out,
would corrupt the entire population of the country.
ATTACKING A DWELLING-11004 E.— Thomas King, Mar-
lin Molony, and John Duggan, all very young men, under
25 years of age, were indicted for having, on the 4th of
December, 1847, at Tullarh, in this county, assaulted the
dwelling-house of Patrick Burke,
The Chief Baron charged the jury, who convicted all the
Prisoners. Ills lordship sentenced them to be each impri.
coned for 18 months, with hard labour.

ADJOURNMENT OF TitO COMMIS:ION AT ENNTS.—The
Attorney-General, in moving the adjournment of the com-
mission, referred to the cases which had been tried during
the week. lie said, that, owing to the dreadful state of
crime in the muntry, there were no lets than five men sen-
tenced to death, and fire against whom sentence of death
was recorded—towards whew, it was most probable, the
government would, upon the recommendation of the court,
extend mercy. There were also fourteen or fifteen pri•
tones sentenced to banishment from the country, and
not a single case was tried in which some of the par-
ties charged were not found guilty after the fullest and
fairest investigation th' prisoners in all instances ob-
taining the benefit of the slightest doubt that could be
entertained as to their criminality. The learned gentleman
implored of the people to abstain from crime and to deliver
up their arms; and, in conclusion, moved that the comdtis- •
sion should be adjourned to the 7th of February, in order
that in case the law was violated in the mean time, the
most speedy justice should be done.
The Chief Justice said, he and his learned brother fully
agreed with the government ss to the propriety and neces-
sity of adjourning the commission upon a full consideration
of the cases which had come before them. The state of the
county was such that the law should be carried out promptly
in order to preserve life awl property.
Their lordships then rose at half-past one o'clock.
Rnstovst. or Coavices.—The several convicts sentenced
to transportation during the sitting of the special commission
in this county, were removed, hand-cuffed and in chains, as
soon as the court rose, to Limerick, eh route for the metro-
polis. They were tied on can, having been taken direct
front the dock, and were escorted by a troop of the Queec's
Bays and a strong party of mounted constabulary. There
was not much feeling exhibited for the unfortunate men by
thous who witnessed the melancholy spectacle ; a few of
them had a friend or two to bid them farewell, but the great
majority seemed to be totally deserted by friends if they had
them, and also by their companions in iniquity, who moat
probably did not wish tacos= into due proximity with the
authorities.