The Sun.
London, England, 1807-07-07 00:00:00

"COMMISSION INTEt.i.idgter.'
Thomas* Weir and Christophef Witkh were in-,.
dieted for • the murder of the Ilev. Mr. Macarthy,
`near,lttcan,, on the ad of :the current mom h—for
thatthey instigated by the Devil, .&c. did inerderk,
the sai4 Slacarthy, bylodging the contents of.
pistol under his left breast, of the Wound whereof
he died.. •
There was another count charging the Prisoners
with, robbing the said Mr. Macarthy of a silver,
watch and 11. i Os. in cash. To • both these oounts
the Prisoners pleaded not guilty.—The Prisoners
heing asked had they any agunti, Walsh answered,
he had no attorney but God Almighty. • ;
JaMes'Clarke, keeper of the turnpike near them,
knew the deceased, saw him dead on the 3d Qf
„lune,: saw .him about the hour of eleven o'clock'
that night ; he was lying on his hack, with Ms right
hand extended,nearly at the top of the hill of Lucan;
he had received a gun-shot -wound under his right
breast, which bled profusely, had no'other material'
injur.y upon. his, "person that he could see* except a
bruise under his left eye. Witness was one of those
'who joined in the pUrsuit. •
James Rooney, a surgeon, examined the body of '
:the deceased—was of opinion. that he died of the
wound which he had received'imder his hreast.-.,
Here Mr. Rooney deScribed the wound in the pro-
lessional way.; and concluded by declaring, that it
was in consequence of that wptillJ that he,died. • -
Mr. Lynch had seen
.the deCeased that day about
three o'cloCk ; was in his company the greatest &art
.of tho afternoon ; dined 'with him at. Palmerstown ;
left that together with the deceased, and continitek.,
in his company.until near a quarter .of ten On the
night' of the murder; 'parted With him near Lucan
never saw him.afterivards. • • "
John Murphy, the King's evidence, knoWs the
two prisoners, both of whom he identified, calling
them Mr. Walsh and Mr. Weir, which title he con-
tinued to bestow upon them while. his testimony
was, going
:on ; remembers the '3d of June ;..saw
the prisoner Weir, with Donoughue, Macmahen,
and Larkin ; Doliotighue told' them he should go to
the house of one Mackeon, a relation of his, whom
he hoped to induce to accompany :them. A Meet-
ing was appointed that evening in -Thomas-street., at
which accordingly Weir and Walsh, the. two pri-
soners, the 'witness, Donoughue, 'Larkin, and
'Fletcher, attended (the three latter are note yet ap-
prehended).. It was then planned. that the prisoners,
together with the witness, and the three last, should
go to the house of one Kenny, neer'Lifean, and rob -
it of One hundred and eighty pOunds,'Of which they
understood Kenny to 'be 'possessed. Accordingly
they went to the Queen's Bridge, for the purpose
'of hiring a jaunting car to convey them to Lucan.
.They litredohe 'from Havetry, whith was drawn'by
. a :White 1400 e. '.They. told him it was for four, who...
were going to Lucan to seek a: deserter from the-
Green Horse,. of whose' ' retreat they bad informa-
tion. They atoppedatJames'sstreet, at the house
of one Smitli,, where they took some
,spirits and .
porter; while they remained there,•whieh might be
about 20 minutes, Walsh 'went out and changed
his clothes.—(Walsh was a private in the Tipperary.,
regiment.) Front JaMes's-street they, proceeded
until they came' to Meant Brown, when' the re-
mainder of the gang 'Mounted the car.' ;About 'half
apt .hour after seven they stepped again at Ford's,
Palmerstowia go sip of witness's wife—hem
they also took some spirits and porter. About half
past lett:"Larkin went to the house of one Carrel,
whom they hoped to induce to' accompany him' to
Ketnty's, but the latter .000110 • he sent his..wife,
however, under the-pretenee of? fetching watert, to.
shew them the way. ' Here witnesfdeclared that
his heart began to fair him ; he did nor approve of
; gave, his, pistol to Walsh, who irrreturn
presented witness his 'bayonet. There was ano,•
they pistol in company with which Donodghue was
armed. At' length they 'arrived' at Kenny's house,
the place which they had designed to rob; their
watch word Was " George." One of them knocked
at the door, and demandeditlinittance.; it was open,
ed, and the..gang inshed.iw, .with the exception of
the witness, who with his bayonet stood, sentinel at
the door. The partYdeManded a deserter from the.
Green Horse,- Who; they ithderstood'was' Secured io
the house. Under this pretence ther.road a paper,
which they said was,a warrant of search, assuming'
all the time the charade!. of Bailiffs. There, was in
'.the house Mrs. Kenny and her-daughter ; they then.
'`searched' it, but could find' no money, and they'
quitted it without offering any violence to the in-
mates. An their weir towards Lucan, they divided
(4d group`;!etcher, Larkin, and Witness
went first ; Weir, Walsh, and Donoghue follovied
:thorn ate. short distance, erli -first :party saw as
they passed an elderly Gentleman black on, the
road 'side, engaged, seemingly, in some necessary
office ; they went on, Without regarding him.; when
;lre,other:rArty,' however, came up,. Witness turning
about, observed Walsh put his hand:to his, bosom,
draw out a pistol, and seize the Gentleman by the
breilst ; heard' a~ pistol gb Off; saw a man' fair, but
thought at &Wit was Nalth Wirneasrinuriediately
separated frginhisc4m.papiong, and ran across' the
'country, saw no more of them sluet that night ; was
apprehended the next day. ' •
John White proved; that on the night of the add
.Jttits, his car was hired from him bY;Walsrl,i and
Weir, tq carry four to Luean, to 'apprehend a de.
Ellinor Rorke is a servant at the House ofJ. Kenny,
hear •tAtean, oorroborated, iii every particular, the
foregoing testimony. - • • " I

M.A.MII Srna, before whom. the' depositibus of
Murphy Were Sworn-, proved that he. took thou
down,rveyliatim. The confession of the
both char
=Wan and Walsh', Were then read, who both charged
Donengliue with the murder ;, but in no other cir-
.cuntstaance did they differ from the evidence of th
approver Mutiphy,
Juste• DALY' charged - the Jury, whii returned,
without leaving the box, a'verdict of GO/1:y, against
buth the Prisoners.
. \Vali!) i, :ib,o.n 34 years of ago; Weir. H about 49.-
i,, 7.—Citristopher Walsh and John, Weir,
were executed yesterday-, at the hill of Lnean, and
their i.~oai~,s ikftplyfards, handed over to the College
of Surgeons, to be disseded and anatomized,. pursu-
ant to their sL,titence.
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