The Sun.
London, England, 1848-11-09 00:00:00

CASE OF MR. MARTIN.

In the Court of Queen's Bench yesterday, counsel
applied in the case of Mr. John Martin (late of the
Felon newspaper) versus the Queen in error, that a
writ of habeas corpus do issue that Mr. Martin might
be brought before the Court, and further, that their
Lordships would fix Thursday for the purpose of as-
signing error. Both applications were granted by the
Chief Justice. The point relied upon to sustain the
writ rests solely upon an objection raised during the
trial to the admissibility of a " burgess" of the city of
Dublin to act as a juror in a case of felony, inasmuch
as that by the charters granted to the Lord Mayor
aldermen, and burgesses of Dublin in the reign of
Henry V. and other Sovereigns, burgesses, as part of
the corporation, were entitled to the property of
persons convicted of felony, and that, consequently,
any burgess acting as a juror had a direct interest in
the conviction of Mr. Martin.
ANOTHER DARING ROBBERY.
A Queen's County correspondent of the Freeman
writes—

"On Sunday, between the hours of 10 and 11
o'clock, as a pensioner named Kearney was proceed-
ing from Mountmellick to Clonaslee, for the purpose
of lodging the second halves of 771. with the staff-
sergeant there, he was met near Mr. Sabbtier's gate
(two miles from Mountmellick) by two armed men,
who knocked him off his horse and ordered him to
deliver the pensioners' money which he had about
him. Kearney, after some resistance, handed the pre-
cious bundle, which, upon examination, they found to
their utter disappointment to be but half notes ; these
they flung back in his face with curses, and proceeded
Ito rifle his pockets, in which they found Bs. 6d. After
taking this triflng sum they decamped without
offering Kearney any further molestation, leaving
him in possession of his bundle of half notes.
Lieutenant J. 0. Lloyd, the staff officer of the
Queen's County, attended at Mountmellick on
Saturday, for the purpose of paying the pen-
sioners of that district, and transmitted through the
post-office there the first halves of 771. for the
Clonaslee district ; at the same time giving Kearney
the corresponding halves, with balance of Bs. 6d ,
with which he was to proceed to the staff-sergeant on
the ensuing morning. It is very probable that the
men who robbed Kearney were watching Mr. Lloyd's
movements on the previous evening at Mountmeilick,
and expected that, as usual, he would have continued
his route to Clonaslee ; but in this, as well as in the
robbery, they were disappointed. The orders from
the Horse Guards are, that when staff officers appre-
hend danger in their tour of payment to out-stations,
they may call to their assistance a sufficient escort of
pensioners and allow them 25. 6d. a day each. I have
just heard there is a clue by which the police expect
to effect the apprehension of one of the robbers."
The Evening Mail contradicts the reported retire-
ment from Parliamentary life of the Hon. Colonel
Westenra, one of the Members for the King's County.

ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE.
The Evening Mail has the following particulars a
the recent attempt to murder Mr. Armitage Moore,
the agent of the Annesley estates in the North of
Ireland :
" CAVAN, Nov. 4.—On Friday, the 3d inst., Mr.
William Armitage Moore, of Arnm, ore-lodg e Cavan,
left home at half-past nine o'clock in the morning to,
proceed to Miltown, about eight miles from Cavan,
to receive rents on the Earl of Annesley's property.
He had written to his bailiff a few days before, stating
that in consequence of the bad state of the weather he
would not give the tenantry the trouble of coming to
his office at Cavan, but would go to Miltown and re-
ceive the rents there. He was accompanied by his
clerk and a lad named Maxwell, who drove the car
that conveyed them. On arriving near Baker's bridge
the car-driver and the clerk observed two men stand-
ing close together in the centre of the road, and called
Mr. Illoore's attention to them, as very suspicious-
looking fellows.' As the car still proceeded on its
course, one of the men dropped off to the side
of the road ; the other still stood in the centre, with
his back turned to the party on the car, and main-
tained that position until the end of the shaft was
almost parallel with his shoulder. He then wheeled
suddenly round and presented a pistol to Mr. Moore's
breast, so close that it almost touched him. He held
it firmly with both hands to ensure a steady aim, and
pulled the trigger. Happily for the intended victim
the pistol missed fire. The ruffian immediately
turned and fled. The morning having been ex-
tremely cold and damp Mr. Moore had muffled him-
self in two heavy outside coats. This was unfortu-
nate, as he had a case of pistols in the pockets of an
under coat—each pistol had six barrels, all were in
excellent order, and loaded with ball. Had it not
been for the impediment of his clothing, he
could have shot the ruffian dead in a moment.
He jumped off the car, however, as like-
wise did his clerk, and both pursued the flying
miscreants. The clerk snapped a pistol at one
of them, but it did not go off. During the chase Mr.
Moore extricated a pistol from his coat pocket and
fired. The villain at whom he aimed then turned
from the main road that leads over Baker's-bridge,
called Hacket's-road. Whilst ascending a little hill
on this narrow pass Mr. Moore fired two more barrels
at the fugitive, but without effect. There are two or
three cabins on the top of this hill, and at this point
Mr. Moore and his companion lost sight of the fugi-
tive ; whether he was sheltered in those cabins, or
threw himself into a ditch at this place, is not known.
There were many persons at short distances from the
scene of this outrage, but not one of them would
give the slightest assistance in endeavouring to
arrest the assassin. There were, in particular, five
men working in a field close by, and though called
on by Mr. Moore for assistance they would not stir,
declaring they had neither seen the men nor heard the
firing. Mr. Moore, on finding he had no chance of
aid from the people, immediately got on his car
and proceeded towards the police-station of Miltown.
On his way thither he met three constables, whom
he took on his car and returned to the cabins on
Racket's-road, whence recommencing the search
they scoured the country round. They succeeded in
capturing the man who was seen in company with
the person who attempted to fire at Mr. Moore. This
fellow has been fully identified, and now lies in Cavan
gaol ; his name is Kiernan or M'Kiernan. He is a
tailor by trade, and resides in that neighbourhood."
In consequence of this atrocious outrage a meeting
of magistrates was held at the Court-house of Cavan
on Friday, Lord Farnham in the chair, to consider
what steps may be most advantageously pursued to
bring the perpetrators and abettors of the crime to
justice.