The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-04-14 00:00:00

THAAIES-OFFICE.

Thomas Davis, master of a barge called the " Brothers," wu
brought to this office, before W. J. BRODEILI r, Eq., charged on
suspicion of stealing a quantity of coals.
Powey an officer. mated that about seven o'clock on Sunday
morning he saw the prisoner with a basket, on board a barge laden
with coals, belonging to 111 r. l.ucu, of AI illbank, and sailor' time
I Afterwards boanled the prisoder's boat, and in the locker found a
quantity of coal, covered will snow, which the witness compared
with those in 31r. LUCLI'II barge, and had PP doubt that the cdala

(produced were of the same description. The witness made in-
quiries of Mr. Lucas, and was informed that the prisoner had not
been employed by him, neither had he any right to be on board
his vessel. %Vitra*, stated that Mr. Lucas could not identify the
coal. as hi. property, rin it was a case that frequently happened.
The prisoner, in defence, said the morning war very cold, and
having no coals on board, he had taken a few to make a fire with.
The Magi.trate severely reprehended his conduct, and adjudged
him to pay a penalty of 31. ; and in default to be imprisoned for
six weeks.
William Oakley was convicted of a similar offence, and sentenced
to pay a tine of 31. and in default to go to prison fir two months.
i William Edgr was brought up for the like cha►ge, and being an
old offender was committed to the (louse of Correction tor two
months amusement at the tread-mill.

IRELAND.

CORK ASSIZES, THURSDAY, A PIM a

MUlDElL—Tintothy Linehan, Charles Callaghan, James Cal-
laghan, and John lifnrphy, were this day tried ; the first as prin-
cipal, and the other three as aceeintaries, in the murder of John
Orphen. a policeman, at Rarumuher (County of Cork), on the7th
December last.
After hearing the evidence the Jury retired to deliberate. and
on their retool to the Court, pronounced a verdict of Guilty
against Timothy Linehan, on hearing which he vehemently pro-
tested his innocence. The three acquitted prisoners having been
removed from the bar, the Judge addressed the convicted one as
j follows:
! Timothy Linehan, you have been found guilty, after a most
! patient and impartial trial, of the foul and most odious crime of
murder—you have been convicted, after a most humane and de.
liberate consideration of your case, and the Jury, with that respect
for the Court. and for the high duties which they had to perform,
have distinguished between your case and that of the other pri.
' turners, who were tried along with you, and have found you guilty
upon evidence which no man can doubt. If the case n:ade against
you had rested alone upon the man whose testimony the Jury very
properly doubted, they would have followed the same course with
respect to you, as they have wisely and conscientiously adopted in
' reference to the three men that have been acquitted. A Jury of
your country has found you Guilty, upon testimony us clear as the
light which now shines, of as foul • crime as ever disgraced this
unhappy country; and I cannot say more to enhance the amount
of its turpitude than to affirm, that it stands pre-eminent amongst
the atrocities which have afflicted and disgraced this wretched land.
In cool blood, and of malice prepense, volt, have murdered a man,
that in his whole life had never given you cause of offence—a man
who put himself under your protection, by offering to associate him-
I self with you on his journey ; you made deliberate and strenuous
exertions to accomplish your object—you recruited for assistance—
I you collected deadly weapons—and though you had time to re-
pent, you still persevered in your purpose. I admit, that in
one person, at least, you found a worthy associate. I will not
pollute the public mind by adverting more particularly to offences,
but it cannot be doubted, that all who connect themselves with such
characters, must ultimately incur the heaviest punishments known
Ito the law. Who can look at the young men who have been tried
I* that dock this day, and at other times, without feeling that they
could never have been the leaders or innuendo' persons in the dis-
turbances which have desolated the country ?—they are not the se-
; dueers but the seduced. This I mention for a public purpose-.—not
I that it can weigh a feather in the scale wherein your guilt or ono-
eence is weighed—not that it can form any ground for the extension
of mercy towards you, but to chew to you, and those around you,
and to your late associates, that the evil advisers to whom you yield
will be the foremost to betray you. I have dwelt thus long upon
those topic, because during the progress of the ttial, I scrupulously
avoided any expression of feeling which could by possibility be
supposed capable of influencing a Jury, composed of gentlemen,
whose motto-to on this subject might be expected to sympathise
with them. But now that all the proceedings are at an end, I wish
to express to you, and through ycu to the public, the deep and
overwhelming sensation I experienced in reflecting on your crime.
It now only remains for me to warn you of the awful situation in
which you stand, and to express a hope that, from the attention
with which you now seem to hear me, you will waver in the
assertion of innocence which you have made, and admit that it was
delivered rather in a moment of hardihood than of contrition, and
that it may be recalled. This world no longer exists for you—in a
short time you will be no more ; and it is now my paintul duty to
sentence you to the grievous and heavy punishment that, before
eight-and-forty hours, will cause this world to vanish from your
view—of that short time I beseech you to make the best use, sad
not to add impenitence to your other crimes. Have recourse to
those who can best assist you in preparation for eternity.
The sentence of the law was then passed in the usual form.
Just as the Judge's address was drawing near its termination, the
unhappy prisoner fainted, and when his Lordship had concluded,
was carried to the back of the dock insensible.