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London, England, 1824-01-06 00:00:00

stated that he gave no axe to any of them, but he knew they
had an axe from his house.]—When Grainge received
the axe, he began to batter the door, and several apertures
were made in the upper part of it, through one of which a gun
was discharged from the .inside of the house. Not three se-
conds elapsed after the first stroke was made, when the gun was
fired. I could not discern by whom the gun was fired. I was
standing close to the door. The aperture made was about an
inch and a half wide. I saw through it that there were lights
inside. A person standing in front of the aperture might have
been able to discern the person who fired the gun. Grainge said.
" You have shot-my arm off." The axe then dropped 'from
his hands, and he reeled front the step of the door. Both his
hands were raised at that moment, in the act of striking the
door. , Ile had struck-the door •with the head (pole) of the axe:
I then with some others assisted the wounded man off. In
about eight or ten minutes afterwards I heard another shot
fired. From the sound, I judged that it proceced from one
of the windows on the first floor. I did not see the flash.
I then continued to walk in front of the house. I heard
Mr. Dignam say, that he thought the second shot was fired
at him. Soon after this, some person said the officer was
wanted. I asked who wanted him. Mrs. Brown said,
" I do." Mr. Watson went and asked what she wanted.
She said, " I wish you would withdraw the men, Connolly has
escaped." Mr. Watson asked who fired the gun ? Mrs. Brown
replied, " Connolly, and he went off immediately afterwards."
I could not see Mrs. Brown at this time, but I knew her voice.
Some time after I sent to Barnet for a constable, and he not
having arrived in time, I consulted with Mr. Newcombe, whe-
ther it was not better to make another attempt at the door. I
went round and knocked, and Mrs. Brown asked, " Who's
there?" I told her that I held in my hand a warrant, signed
by Mr. Winter, for the apprehension of Mr. Connolly. I
obtained this warrant from the hands of James Grainge, after
he was shot. I told her the warrant was to apprehend Mr.
Connolly for an assault upon Mr. Dignam, and that in the exe-
cution of that warrant a capital felony had been committed,
end I requested her to open the door, that the person of Mr.
Connolly might be secured. She told me that she would not
open the door—that Mr. Connolly had escaped. I said to her,
that if she persisted in refusing to open, we were resolved to
force it. She sail it would be useless to attempt to take Mr.
Connolly, that he was a desperate man, and would resist to the
last. Mr. Newcombe then recommended her to open the door;
and be told her that if necessary the whole force of the county
would be raised. - Mrs. Brown replied, that she would speak to
Mr. Connolly, and endeavour to prevail upon him to surrender
himself; but that he had a gun and powder and shot, and that she
knew it would be useless. Shortly afterwards she came to the
door, and said that Mr. Connolly would surrender, but to no
other than Mr. Newcombe, and that he was to enter the house
alone. I told Mrs. Brown to open the door. She did so, and Mr.
Watson and I entered the house, followed by Mr. Newcombe.
Connolly instantly came down and surrendered himself. Prop-
sting, the constable, then arrived, and made search for the fe-
male servant. She could not he found. Propsting found the
gun in a cock-loft. I examined it, and it was primed and half-
cocked. I shook out the printing, and the pan appeared as if
it had been recently discharged. I examined the barrel, and
about three inches down front the muzzle I found a bullet or
something like it. I brought the gun down etairs and delivered
it to Mr. Newcombe. Soon after Hugh Moran was brought in
in custody of Propsting, and conveyed to Mr. Winter, where
the depositions were token. This is all I know. [The de-
positions of this witness were read once over to him, and he
signed them.]
Thomas Watson was then called in, and his examination re-
sumed.

The ConoNEit directed the depositions of the last witness to
be read over, which Watson mainly corroborated.
He then proceeded—When I asked Mrs. Brown to admit
me, she said in reply, that she had received through a friend
of hers an express froM Mr. Noel, the solicitor, apprising
her of what was to happen, and cautioning her not to
admit any one. I produced my warrant, and read part of
it. The servant-maid said Mrs. Brown was rather deaf. I then
began again,- and read louder, holding it so that she might also
read it. At this time Mr. Cannon said 44 There he is !" 'looked
beyond Mrs. Brown towards the inner room, and saw a ►nan.
1 had never seen Mr. Connolly before. I said to Mr. Cannon,
" Are you sure that is the man." I said this laud enough, I
think, for Mr. Connolly to hear. I said, "If you are sure
that is Mr. P. Connolly, I will proceed to take him." He
said it was.

The ConON FAL asked by what means Mrs. Brown told the
witness she had received the intimation alluded to from Mr.
Noel

Witness.—She said by an express.
AIL STEPHEN now repeated his objection to Mr. Noel's
being present.
The CORONER thought, as the statement was now Made by
a witness on oath, that Mr. Noel had better retire.

111r.WoEL said, he ehould bow to the Coroner's decision,
hut he again repeated that he had never, by letter or message,
or otherwise, comthuniested. with Mrs. Brown on this stbjeet.
Be then withdrew. _

! The witness resumed. I requested Mrs. Brown to let me
, into the house peaceably, that I might take Mr. Connolly.—
' She replied, that there was no person in the house but herself
and her servant, ,arid. she hoped I would use no violence. I
said I should be sorry to do go, but I must if she still refused
roe admittance. I then referred- to Mr. Cannon, and said,
under these circumstances I must proceed to arrest M. Con-
. Lolly ;he said " all means.' I then gave the door a
smart kick at the buttons. Mr.
Connomy plly,
rison whoer." I p now appeared . TCannon again identified Mr
are .
& said, " Connolly, You
y
warrant again, shewed it,
roduced 11l
and read a part of it to him, and said, " I arrest you ,• youare
my prisoner." lie they. broke out into several dreadful oaths
—called me a b—dy thief, and Other low expressions, and said,
returned with a spit.--
thief, Bring me a spit, and I'll run it through his body." The maid
y
" a King's officer, and 1 hope
• servant disappeared, and very short]
said, " Now, you b—dY
he presented the point to me, aod
thief, will you come in ?"
lam in execution of legal I then made use of some mild len-
' gunge to sooth him. I said,
or words to that effect.
you won't go to extremes ;
men pitch fork." Hugh Moran
pro-
cess, and hope you won't act as you Say,”
He then called " Hugh, bring
brought it, and handed it through the broken glass. I did not
think it consistent with my duty to take it from him. Mr.
Connolly then laid down the spit, and took Up the fork, telling
me that if I came he would run it into my
guts. I
told him I was without arms, and begged he would act coolly-.
I turned on one side to speak to Mr. Cannon, and while
I was doing so, he thrust the fork at me, and wounded
me under the shoulder, not materially, but it went through
iy
sieve clothes,wouldand sprung back, or I be_
sawhave it wounded the worse. It penetrated
it coming,
both my coats, my waistcoat, the waistband of my breeches,
and my shirt. I then said, " Connolly, you have wounded '
me." He said, " I'm glad of it; I wish I had killed you." 3lr.
Cannon said, " Watson, are you much hurt ?" I said I did
not know. 31r. Cannon then called Dignam, who came up. '
Connolly thrust the fork otnt at him several times, calling him
„ b y Digimm;_ob, you thief. informer." Mr.
Dignam then went away very quickly. I could not tell whether
he was wounded, nor did he stay to inform me. Mr. Con-
nolly then called out to Hugh to go to Bartholomew's, and
borrow the gun, and to be sure to bring it loaded. The man
went asvay, and shortly after returned with a gun, and a ser-
vant (Trayers) whom I had seen on the premises. Trayers
had a pitchfork. I stood on the green. The two men advanced
towards me, Moran with the gun levelled at me, and Trayers
with the pitchfork. Col-Molly called out, " Shoot him, d---
him ; stick him, and throw him into the pond." Mr. Cannon,
I think, was present now. I extended my hand to the men,
and told them, 'if they were influenced by Mr. Connolly's
advice, and took my life, they would be sure to lose their
-oven. • The gun was-then oxen through the cellar-windOw,-
and Connolly afteu-Wirdf appeared at another window with
it in his hand, and repeated hit threats. I saw him, I
think, putting the hammer hack to look at the priming. 1 re-
monstrated with bins and told him that I could not quit my
post. Ile said, " By Jesus, if you don't be off, I'll shoot you."
He said. " If you stop here till dark, I'll shoot you for a rob-
her."—l again requested him not to shisot. Hugh Moran then
appeared at the corner outside the house, with something in
one hand (I think a powder horn, but I wont swear to it), and
a long-bladed knife about 12 inches in length, and pointed, and
said, " It you don't go off the premises you are a dead man."
Trayers was with him, and said the same. I said, " Don't talk
nonsense, you must not shoot me." Moran went into the cellar-
' window, and soon afterwards appeared at another window with a
powder-horn in his hand, which lie shook, and, turning some-
thing out °forte hand into the other, said, " I have got plenty of
ammunition to kill 20 of you." I said, " If there were 20 Con-
nollys in the house I would'nt leave my post; nor if a gun
was presented from every window, I should never leave the
house until I took him." Mrs. Brown was then at the window
with a female servant. One of the females (I cannot tell which;
for when I thought that Connally really meant to shoot me I re-
tired to the paling, out of the reach of the gun if it was loaded
with shot, and if with ball, thinking it would probably miss
me) then said, " if his gun does not take effect, she would fire
a pistol or the pistol." I then asked Connolly if he was ever
shot at himself.. He said " Yes, by Jesus, three times in one
day." " Well (said I), were you not afraid ?" " No, he said.
" Then," said I, " why do you think lam ? I don't believe you
are a brave man, for they never make such a noise about things.
I think when I tackle you, you will hang your head down like
a dunghill cock, Ind I shall lead you away like a lamb
with a bit of silk riband round your neck." lie laughed and
sneered at this. The witness went on to say, that when the
warrant arrived he approached the door with 6rainge and
others ; the gun was put through the door and fired. The
witness then detailed the attempt to force open the door, and
he firing of the gun through it, in nearly the same words as