The Sun.
London, England, 1807-04-01 00:00:00

DUBLIN,. MARCH,. ..:38.

CITY 'SESSIONS.—TnuasDAy, IVlsitcn. i 5.

Dnn= Grogan stood capitally- indi6led for a
highway robbery, -committed, on the 2.lith of Febru-
ary last, "on Mr. John Herd, formerly master of a
Holyhead packet. It appeared,.by Mr. Herd's tes-
timony, that as he was returning 1'10m: town .to• his
house, near Ball's-bridge, he was met by 4 men
at this side of the bridge, who took the wall of
him,. when immediately a pistol was discharged at
from the shOt of which lie received a wound
under the left eye; he was knoCked down--% as
much stunned by the fall, and when he recovered,
he found hia>>elf in the arms of his assailants—he
struggled much to extricate himself, and called out
for help. He was again thrown on the ground, and
his pockets and fob rifled. of a silver watch, a knife,
poCket pistols, &c. He identified the pistol, which
is of curious constru6tion, having the property of
discharging from one- barrel, two distin& shots, by
one effort to fire. The
,witness also identified-the
Prisoner, whom he had seen at the Superintendant
Magistrate's. •

apprehended the Prisoner
Toole, a Peace Officer,
on Sunday :se'nnight, near the Ferry Slip, oppo
site Charles-street.---He then found on his person
this pistol, primed • and loaded, also some powder
and ball, and a silver watch, but not the Prose-
tutor's. The Prisoner denied his name to Toole,
and persevered in doing so—He seemed to de-
spair and entreated the Constable to shoot
him he was compelled to use soine.threats•of
firing, in order to disperse- a great mob who stir-
-rounded them' when the Prisoner was taken -into
custody.- 'Notwithstanding a great variety astrOng
circumstances, and the Recorder's charge, by no
means favourable to a decided acquittal, the Jury
returned a verdi6l,,lVot•Gui/ty, but entreated the
Court to impose some constraint on the Prisoner,
such as extraordinary bail. This the Recorder re-
fused,. alledginv that, as by their verdict of ac-
quittal they bad let him loose on the public, they
should share the same danger
,to which they had
subjected their fellow-citizens. He would have been
accordingly discharged, but that three other capital
indictments, on charges equally atrocious, are found
against him.

John Byrne stood capitally indieled- Tor robbing
Robert Norris of a gold watch, on the night of
the 27th of February, in Great Frederick-street,
North. Mr. Norris proved the robbery, And iden-
tified the watch, Which was found with a cabinet-
maker,: of the name of Barker, Who bought it for .
six guineas. The Prisoner, under much feeling
and compunion, made a free and uninfluenced
confession .of the robbery to .111 r. Hall, Secretary at
the Superintendaut Magistrate's Otlic9, and gave
information where Too!e, a .Peace Officer, might
apprehend Grogan, giving him at the same time a
caution that he was.annecl with a loaded pistol.
The Prisoner was found Guilty ; but the Jury, at a
hint from the Recorder, recommended him as an ob-
je6t of mercy. He said he would transmit the re-
commendation to Government, in consideration of
the humanity the Prisoner displayed in • putting the
Constabl4 on his guard.—court adjoufued.