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London, England, 1821-10-08 00:00:00

MURDER OF MR. CRUISE.

The following is a ciirrect report of the trial or Dunne,
one of the murderers of Mr. Cruise. It took place at the
last Assiy's fur the county of Kildare, held at Athy, on Fri-
day, the 7th of September, hefore twill Muslim, The re-
sult bits been already stated, but no report of the trial was
hitheriu ulitaiold in 'Willi
Jogs* Dwane was an signed an an indictment for the mar.
der of ---- Cruise, Esq. of Be[ward, in the county of
UM she 3d day of January, 1821.
Ii will be recollected, that one Carry was tried and Crest.
ed fur this murder last Spring Assize• at Naas, on which oc-
casion he confessed his guilt, and declared that Juba Duane
wan with him at the commission of it.

Sir Jocks GRIMM (Recorder of Dahlia) staled the ease
fur the prosecution.
Peter Dunne was coachman to Mr. Christopher Mangle
oa ibe 34 of last January; knew Mr. Cruise; Mr. Cruise
was on a visit at Mr. Nangle's at that time; last lime be
saw Mr. Cruise was on that day after breakfast; Mr. Cruise
left Mr. Nangle's in company wit► Mr. William Naugle, /Oil
of his master; Mr. Cruise (the deceased) had a gun and a
black dug with him; witness searched fur Mr. Cruise that
night nit► Ave other persona, at It o'clock; saw the body
between eight and nine in the morning, in an ont-Ileld, nese

the honor of one Flamini, and near elm to Citadel's biome;
the head of Mr. Guise ims toward. the Canal, thetlatteo.
wards the ditch, two or three perches front it; saw • large
cut in the hack of deceased's head ; the dog was lyjug um Um
left brow of deceased; the stork of the tan '1" 'Yin...".
another part of it
found; there was a amok like that of a blow On the right
hand, through the glove; decerered's dress was the same as
no the day before ; • gold watch, tile tenpesasairs, and his
key, were in de/weed's pocket ; did not find the ramrod ;
Mr. Cruise (the deceased) and his brother wriest* a visit at
Mr. Na•gle's ; came on Christmas eve • deceased knred
twenty miles orfrons Mr. Naugle'.; deers:ell via. • stranger
in that part of the country ; thought the rouratry
people thereabouts could have no malice inwards decreed;
thinks the mord did out art for love of plunder ; pro.
bably they came from Mr. Crui-e's own nei4lrhortrliarod ; the
Prison. r lived far front deceased; the Camel banks Mail beer
broken down a little before: there were many stratagem, its
conseqsarnee, in file MI ighhottrl I.
Mr. William Nangie—la loos of Mr. Chriatoplaer Naugle;
saw decraard tali the imortinag of the 3d of last Januar!:
week out with deceased that marrais.g ; sr paratimi from de-
ceased about half-past twilit, o'clock; deceased was hood
dead abut • quarter of a mile from where he Ir fl
memo, • twirler of • malearrom aloe fields; caikerionse
Is three or fonr fields nit.
Michela I Wiley— Lives at Dry-dock of Royal Cases!, near
the lead. of Mallmakill ; knows Caddel's honor; item hat
fifty perches of it ; knows the !move of Thusisis Cutsiil4,
the hatter; is Cosolly'v landlord ; iv himself a cooper;
knew James Carey ; Carey was a j nerneyman hatter ; Carey
lived in Corsolly'a house on the .1.1 of last Jautaary; saw
Carey that day in Contilly's house; saw Carey mid tire
Prisoner i• company tnpethtr that townieg between
eleven and twelve o'clock; they wire in the Manse toge-
ther till throe o'clock ; *opposes !hay were drinking. be-
cause they went wit tipsy; Carey and the Prisoner returned
in shout three quarters of an hour, Carty then stopped is
the house a few minutes; saw Carey and the Primmer toge-
ther iu a Reid near the road for the last time that day; did
not see the Prisoner since till now; Prisoner had then or •
raise coal and white stockings, Carey • jacket and 'pros;
Prisoner had whiskers then, though out now, they were
saudy aid remarkable; Prisonei 'a trade was that of a car-
penter; witness did not see Carey from the time above.
mentioned until at his trial at Naas; was a witaess urn
Carey's trial; Carey did not return to witaress's house; it
was Carey's residence previous to the (smiling of the 3d of
January; wilier.. continued to reside in that ocighbourhnod.
Crovsn-xstatined—There was • Noma( me the day of the
murder of a sue of Robert Cully's, who lived eight perches
from witness; amity of the neighbours went with it; Carey
and Prisoner did nut go; witness wits mending a wheel from
eleven to one o'clock ; saw these 'wen in the interval ia Cu-
molly's workshop; the funeral weut off at two ; did not go,
though his work was finished; thought home his safest
place; got so mom, for coming here—expects Hour, nor to
be a Peeler.

-- H —ls a surveyor; Wiley 's house is 25 perches
Gum the Dry•dock; from Dry-bridge to Rose's Stream,
47 perches; from Rose% Stream to where the body was forbid,
95 perches, across the field ; iu all, from R iley's house to
Rose's Stream, along the road, it is four furlongs perms
pe~ehes; Lynam's boom is bet wren the road and Dry-bridge ;
Ruo•'s Stream crosses a toad; the siearrst way from where
the body was found to Wiley's house is through Caddell
Geld.

Cross-examined—Saw the body at Moe in the morning of
the 4th; way not present when the Ludy was discovered first;
wrote himself the obeervatious in the mares■ of tha map
of the ground shern him ; they are all made from hearsay s.
Peter Duane re-examined—Tbe body was discovered be-
fore he row it ; the dug would not allow the people to ap-
proach; if any use did No be rail forward, aed having
barked at them, reward to his master's body; let the wit.
rem • ppi

WilWaist Caddel—Lirea on the lands of Ballinakill ; was
at the (unreal; returned from it late in the evening; saw a
gentleman with a large black dog; a big lusty snag), wills •
grey big coat was with the gentleness) ; saw the gen kola u
•lour half an hour afterwards; beard • shot; two emu
crossed the stream Ware him near Rose's house ; passed
them again; saw them cross the ditch ; saw them go along
a consume pathway; lost sight of them at the bottom of the
second field, one bandied perches from where the body was
found ; one of the men had an old worn short jacket, and
white ►tockings, and an apron tucked up under his shirt;
he after had • huge coat ; lie Was • lusty man, with large
red whiskers, bushy under the chin ; the man with the *piton
was Carey.

Anne Crunnion recollects the 3d January, lived next donr
to Caddel's; saw the body of the deceased on the 4th Janu-
ary, at ten in the morning; saw a fowler the evening before
the 4th in Caddel's field, with a black dug, half an hour be.
fore sunset; he was then alone; saw him about two minutes;
saw no one with him until after a shot was fired by him,
then two men came up to bins; Ibis was in Caddel's field;
saw nothing in their hands.
Cross examined—Saw than half an hour before sunset;
the two men had two big coats; saw the fowler in the path-
way ; funeral was four or five miles from where she lives.
Jounce Gibbons knows the Prismorr, John Donne, resided
on 3d January last near HAIM& ; saw thelerisoiser on that
day al his (wilnesies) door ; made Primmer come in and
breakfast with him, cannot say what lime; Priaroinr was •
irl•rliing carpenter, and was • porter in Dublin.
Thomas Tyrrell is • police constable, look Prisoner into
custody at Islington, near London, ion the 43d of July, in
• public house; Prisoner bad red whiskers thesi ; there were
two constables will, witness; Poisoner did not ask any
tincrtion when arrested; witness did out give Prisoner time
to ask any ; look Prisoner to Row-street Ake; Prisoner
had whiskers on iu Dublin; when at Bow.street Poisoner
asked what be was taken fur? when told, Prisoner said be
was in !Armful] since Christina' t, and was not the man ;
Prisoner said he did nut know Carey; wilisess used lo see
Prisoner going to Majar Donohue's; Prisoner wore red
whi kers always; witness saw Prisoner before Christina., at
three-quarters of a mi.e from the place of lb* murder, at a
wake; this was • fortuiglit before the murder; searched for
the Prisoner eight or llislo days after the murder iu tins sad
other counties.

Cross examiued.—P.imner knew witness to be a peace
officer; Prisoner left Ireland pith whiskers; had them on at
the Nike Office in Dublin, when hrunght home from Eng-
land. Prisoner said, when taken, that Carey had charged
him with murder; Prisoner remarked then to *inures, that
the declaration of a dead man should not injure him.
Farrell—ls • police officer; when the Prisoner was
examined by .Major Sirr, at the Head Office, lie said lie hail
left Ireland for trade as a carpenter, that he went to Eng-
laud about the flay* If Chrulna, ; that he could not till
how many days alter Christmas; said at was the morning
after New.year's Day; that he was di Inking on New-year's
bay iu a sheeliern house; that he was not at Ballinakil tan
biew.year's Day, lint was at Tuna ; said be was
charged wrongfully, when he heard what he was charged
with; that he left Dublin in the packet that he came in new;
came to Dublin ow the 2il of January, ant wailed on the 3d;
did not see Carey on New-year's Day, but knew Carey; Pria
saner had whiskers on at the police office.
Samuel D. Marius examined—ls a constable ; saw the Pri-
soner in the gaol at Na.. on Friday the 31st of last Amp's( ;
Prisoner said to witness that lie would nom have evidence
of his haring said, he now recollected witness: witness asked
Prisoner if he had beers at the Inquest? Prisoner answered
'• No; but he was very near if." Witness asked Primmer
why be had told a lie about England; Prisoner said, no man,
• Objected to as evidence.

t Herr arose ■ diapirte about the Intoning of " Christina',"
whether its common acceptation was nut the bolidns in-
cluding Old Christmas Day, the 7th January.

Thomas Conolly.—Rcculleetc the Ilay of the funeral ; w-a
present at it; watt with'', nhaut thirty perches of the
church yard of Clive', it us within three miles of Cully',
I se ; witness lift Coolly'a house at two 'o'clock; left the
ramrod after three "ditch, about finely minutes after three ;
saw the Prisuuer at the funeral; Prisoner drove witness away
from carrying the corpse, believing witness to be a married
mass ; thinks it is three miles from where he left the Prisoser
ea the day of the funeral to where the body was foetid.
Cromenessinetl.-04 Carey's trial willies' said he Paw
Prisoner in his house on the day of the snitothr. at eight
in the morning; there are two John Dome's in the pallid,,
also one Jack Stoat; Prisoner was called Jack Swot Lv
many persona; Poisoner us that day wore • blueish fria,
eon ; Wiley and wituen were not ow good terms ; wilise.a
was ~prised at hearing that the Poisoner was accused t,u
neount of his leaving the culinary ; did not go to tell Major
O'Donohoe (the Police Magistrate) about Prisoner, and that.
Prisoner could not be guilty of the mord' r, iussinuch as he
had bete at the funeral that day ; told his neighbours only.
Henry Malone—la a weaver, • helper to the Liarn Hall ,
recollects the 3d of January last; oecoikcts the future' ;
met it about a mile of the church-yard, about kapott
three o'clock ; went on to the burial ; saw the grave, it was
thew near sunset; left It with Dunne the Prioroner, went as
far bark as a mile with him after raisin; is a helper to il.e
Liner Hall, means that his work goes there for sale; was
employed in Longwood town at the time of the feu, rail ;
know' Poisoner these ten years; does nut know why Pr—
immer kft the country ; did not see Prisoner tipsy on the
day above mentioned.

-Edward Dignam—Linea at Stoncyford-bridge, was at
home the day of the funrral; saw the Prisoner at half-pet
four in the (analog of that day; Ptisoiser went silo
ness's house, and stopt there three quarters of an boor.
Crnas•etamised--Heard of the murder on the 6th; heard
that Dwane was charged with it.
David filiation entwined—Knots the Prisoner; employrd
him in December last to build fur him ; Prisoner told wii-
nem that if be did not procure hint materials to finish it) s
short time, it would be left undone, for the Prisutter snot
be was going to leave the country iti a fortnight ; beard t!)e
Prisoner was accused.
Coolly swore be was not asked about the funeral, and
the other matters be now gate in evidence, ou the trial of
Carry.
Martin directly contradicted him on that point.
Defeuce closed.
Lord Nosommv summed up, and the Jury brought in a
verdict of Grill,.
Duane was executed at Naa■ the following Monday. De
coufessed his guilt. Lisa conduct throughout his trial wee
resolute and decorous, and presented a strong couttast to
that of Carey on his trial, who threatened the Judge and
Jury withvengraoce.

&ousel for the Prosecution—Sir J. Greene, J. J. Clark•er
R. Farrell, and J Manley, Flops.
For the Defence—J. Blackborue anJ R. Walker, Ewes.