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cause Haan llie wound. The blow, with its Cmiseqweitemlo
was the primary cause of the man's death: •
fasmeadoomi bys "v. Juatire Bast—{s Ma opinion the
wound was out originally in itself of a depyrentes mattes*, lei
the person had been kept is a stale,of temperree, imam.
yiefl3, firemen; but he thiuka it world balm intuit, an*,
even if the In ratio' bad been kept perfectly lobes, Übe barb
bees *without surgical immanence.
Ibis flossed the case fur the prosecution.
Th. Prisoners being called on fur their defence, severally
asserted in a few words their immerser of lbe.clourge.
Demon Sullivan, a lad apparently about HI years of age,
wow then called. this the 20th July he was is Whipeler,s-
buildings, sod nib the Prisoners esms set of the George
they were going thruogh a palmtop leading to New-court,
where they lived. They were followed hy the deceased sad
• ight or uine persons owe. Dreeefed tidied after them,
but they took no moire. Oar of thin* penmen threw a brick
asnorgst the Prisoners, who were all together, and a fight
. named. After the row was over, deceased called the female
Priaimer bid names. The two parties fought, some
wills breirksaml Moore, sod some with sticks. He saw the
deceased next day standing outside of the George public.
house, Mel son at work; soil a few days afterwards he met
him a little after six o'clock in the morning, with • bundle
uuJrr his arm, in the Gionntereial.road ; he was then sober.
Cross.erstmined .by Kr. Jemme..--The rots was in
Wheeler'. building', and au' in Geuege-yard ; the Plitt/wen
lived in New court ; they were running away from deceased
sad his party when the d. ceased called after them. Jerry
Carty called Mary Donovan the bad Names after the battle
was over, end then she threw some mud at him.
James Coghlan, a labouring man, said he Mrs in the
George on the 20th, and saw the deceased there • the Pri.
Were Callaghan was also lhere, and several other; whom the
tritons did out know. William Donovan and his company
came in and 1141 down to get some beer ; Jerry Carty seemed
to be something disagreeable siol, and went shoot the tap-
room. Callaghan got up to dance, and Carty insulted
him, and they land a row betwixt them. William Downs.
and his company then gut op and walked oat one after the
Whir ; deceased sail his company followed them out, and
Wllikere saw no More Or then.

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eross•ex.amixeil by Mr. J wisps ..I.le does not kunst how
Miny persons were to the mum ; believes there were abort
ten • there were four women, Mary Donovan being one or
Item. The only meu there whose names he knew were i;le
Donovan. and evltaKhati ; he causal say who gave the first
blow, ur whether au) blows were gives., but there might have
been. . . .

Jeremiah Mahooy was io the Centre on the 20th July,
seed suer thedereased there, whom he had known before. He
wen in about five or aix o'clock ; Carty seenerd like a
driniken mai., and 'witness therefore el.d 0,11 like to make
himself known to him. He staid at ties George till past
strew; mime people came in stud sat in his company. A
man whose name he was told was Callaghan, whom he had
Weser seen before, acid whom (looking at the Prisoneis) be
did not now know, ei ..... I up, aud with SOW women began
to dance. ('arty interrupted the dance, and Callaghan push.
ed him aside; some people then interfered, and one man in
Carty's compauy stood up and said, " Jeremiah, if you are
going to fight, let iss make it a general fight, and side out
man to man." A woman on witness's side of the room said,
if they did not get out of the house they should be hurl;
witness therefore as quickly as possible, paid for what he
had drank, and went out of the house. He saw William
Donovan, and all the company is which witness had been
setting. go ant; Carty% party followed, and a MID look
Olive betwixt the two parties outside. White.' then, betug
a stranger, 'nude his escape as fist as he could.
Croso.e.rareined by Mr. lessor..—lt was between eight
end one when be mad/his escape. On first going into lice
house, he saw, besides Carty, several persona whose names
heeled sot User ; he dos not know sibelber any preen be-
sides Callieleau ate ask the der-eased.
Richard Thorn, the Wootton! of the George, had entered
noon the keeping of the house on the 3d of July; on the
2011 r, he was in the house about half-past seven in the even-
ing; he thee went into the City; all was peaceable in the
house at that time. Carty had been working for witness for
several days before; does not remember whether he left him
in the house at that time—hut when he returned, about nine
o'clock, he saw hint at the door of the tap-room, no one
doe being he the house; the doors had hen shut by wit.
uns's wife. lie remonstrated with the deceased for getting
drunk and epoxies; the row ; but be said it was scut his
fault, and view away. Minns had refused lea - him
between five and six o'clock, because be was intoxicated.
The following day the deceased did not wok, but be did
the day after. He saw him and employed him on errands
and jobs every day after until he weal to the Hospital ; and
ow the Moorlay or Tuesday, when the door was error'',
shout half-paat sax in the no g, Willseb, saw him come
in with a pewter's kunt un his "hosteler, and lie went Stu the
taponum and laid his bead on the table to sleep, saying he
bad been up all night.
Cross examined by Mr. Jassone.—On the 20th July, the
hone was out fuller than usual; when he left it, about half_
past seven, the.. were not more !hen seven or eight persona,
is did cool know them, having PO recently conseto the house.
Does out remember to have seen Mahoney there, bet tee-
nines Coghill/a was there. Mahoney might have been none
erithoilt Ins-knowledge; when he returned Carty's head did
not appear is Iran Ann dressed.
Quertioard by Mr. Moron Gstaneau—About len • days
brfurr, Carty had two black eye,, acid hi. teniefeent.
Mary 11Pheniey knew theileceaseel very well ; she was not
•at the George when the row took pleat, but on the Sunday
folk:ions( she dassed with him, between five and six o'clock
in the evening; there were more than three dozes persons
at the dance, which was in a house in the same wart where
the Prisoners lived; they hail a piper and they danced a
molter of there hours; nary had nothing to .rink; the
floor of the room gave way, and Carty, with all the rest, fell
clown into the cellar; when he got up, she asked him if he
was hurl, and he said,‘" Yes,' et little in his bead.- She
did not go with Isom to get any refreshment, nor does she
remember whether his head was bound up.
ertur-eramiard by Mr. Jnalle.—Jerry Carty fetched the
piper ise, and set the people to dance; lie wore the sans
clothes PP Ice usually did every day ; lee had a small wound
on his IWael, but no bandage, and he did sot complain be.
fine the fall.
Michael Labe,' remembered being at a dance with Jerry
Carty 1111 the Sunday evening after the row had happened at
the George. Carty brought iii the. piper. As nearly as wit-
Ilfs.ll could guru, there acre fifty persons present, big and,
little altogether. The fluor gave way, and they all fell down'
one stn another. Carty %VI. in liquor, and would dant with
wining, and they were daneilig when the fluor gave way.
Wanes picked Carty up; the Most was running from his
11415 f, acid witness took him to Ow George, and asked him
what he would have to drink ; he sneered, that he could
hear nothing, fur his bead awl his heart were bruised, and.
lie never ,Xpected to get over the fall and the beanie. .
John Hindman, beedie of the London Hospital, de-
tweed to the deceased, on the 1131- .4 his aduaissiem, having
kare to go out of the hos'pnal, and returning intoxicated.
fits or seven einem?* were called, who spoke to the cha-
racters of the Prisoners for humanity.
Mr. Baron G11*141131 minutely terapituluted the evidence,
and charged the Jury on the legal &sitarists between the
crimes ortneseder and manslaughter; leaving it fur them to
sarrheilwr the evidence soffit-idoly connected the Prisoners
with the assault upuu the de:rated to sustain the latter
charge against them.
The Jury retired, and termitic been met newly on hour, re-
turned aNceit tweswv minutes before debt o'clock, with •
terniet of Medsehnspefer against all the tour Pristine'.

A letter from Newburgh, duted Sept. 5. sap—
" Our.Peprre state diet the Emperor of Russia
tient fronts Pultawe en repreSs to Vienne, declining
to virit that city, oil act mitt ..f the nets ssity of his
Majest>'s p►eseoee at the Polish I)iet, but carts,-
ilog a wish to hive tin iutotvietv with hi. Majesty the
Emperor of A ustiie iu tltr int:wing of October at
fume other place."
Toe Sea►ion of the Diet of Bedell is closed.
Doting the whole Stssio:ia perfectly good under•
standing prestuled betisreas the wittier). sod the
Se oud Ch.boaber.