The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-24 00:00:00

COUNTY OF LIMERICK.-July 20.

MURDER OF LAURENCE LEARY.
Patrick Hartigan, Patrick Burns, Patr:ei MMahon,
.Martin ilP.2ltahon, Cornelius 111Wahon, Michael Quirk, Michad
Coffey (farmer), Michael Coffey (labourer), and Martin luau,
were indicted tOr the murder of Laurence Leahy, on the 15th
of January last, at Drumbana, near this city. tThe prisoners
are as fine a set of men as we ever saw in the dock together,
and the majority of them well dressed and of respectable ap-
pearance.]
As the prisoners declined joining in their challenges, only
two, Patrick Inialion and
charge. Cornelius 31‘31ahon, were given in

Mr. BP.NNEIT, Q.C., stated the case. Deceased was tenant
to Sir M. Barrington of a piece of corcas land, which, for
some reason or other, nobody would take. The charge against
the prisoners is, not that they actually committed the murder,
but that they were present aiding and assisting.
Mary Leahy, widow of the deceased—a woman of very re-
spectable appearance, and attired in decent mourning—was
examined by Mr. PLUNKETT Q.C.—Recollects the 11th of
January, the day her husband was killed at Drumbana. She
was in the house at the time the party came. The family
consisted of six sons and six daughters. One child was born
hour in when the party came. Her husband had only taken
down beside her. Asked why dinner was
noshffoothrtrielsyacdaoyf whencoat, and
a
s witnesssdeta tdeath.
Ho was only about a quarter of an
said it was early, and did not think
he would be so soon home. He then took out his pipe, and
she is not sure that he had the tobacco in it when they ran
in. The first man ran in and bawled " Heads down—here's
the Tipperary boys." Her husband stood up, and five or six
of them struck him with carbine:. He put up his hand, and
witness then lost her sight. Being in such a fright she could
not count them, but thinks there were six or seven. He had
knocked down all except one she saw standing, and ho was
presenting a gun at deceased, who appeared to be beat-
ing the men who were down. Witness took courage
and put both her hands to the gun, and endeavoured
to take it from the man, who then shook her off, and
drove her with a blow of the gun in the head under
the table. Witness cannot say how long she was recover-
ing herself, but when she did recover, she saw a man flying
into the parlour. She got double courage, thinkieg it was
her husband, but had not got to the door when se heard
her husband's voice behind her in the kitchen. She turned
round and saw a lot of men around him, all beating him.
She saw nothing in their hands but guns. Ho was still
standing, and held up a long time. When he fell, witness
threw her hands on his knees, and herself on the top of him.
His entire body was then covered, except from his legs
down. She then got a stroke in the head, and in a minute
after one of them fired a shot through his legs, and then
raised the double gun and struck him eight or ten blows with
it on the legs, and broke one of them. One of them said to
the rest, that they had done enough, and asked her was she
his wife, when she made a snap at him, and would have
dragged him down and killed him, if she could, being in a
state of madness. The man who fired the shot said to her,
" Will you take land any more? If you don't leave this in
four days I will come again." She was too much out of her
mind to know the parties, hut thinks she would know one of
them. She heard them beat her daughter Mary in the bed-
room. Dr. Wilkinson came before her husband died. [The
witness was much affected during her examination, and at
every question heaved a deep groan.]:.,
A great number of witnesses were aubsequently examined,
some of whom identified as -being of the party who
killed deceased.

The case for the Crown having closed, the jury were locked
up for the night. _ _ _

_ ...
Tuesday, July 22.
At half-past nine o'clock Mr. Sergeant Stock tcok his seat
upon the bench, and the jury, who were locked in for the
ni ht, having appeared in the box.
Mr. James Shine, one of the jury, complained of being
seriously ill, and that he ate no breakfast or dinner.
Dr. Gelston, after examination of tohrepjousrotpro,ndeecitlatrielldtohne
oath that he was most seriously ill from an over-action of
the heart, being 120 per minute. He thought longer confine-
ment might prove suddenly fatal.
Mr. Bennett said the proper course was to discharge the
jwnueirtxyht,.tahnedtritaol-naitortrioiewpirneseeranitngassliizee:ould give notice to the
uecrtye.d to the
counsel for the prisoners whether the Crown would proceed
Michaellw O'Brien, on the
Tmhre.
oC COURT
andthen orderedsir
c o 1,t3111:1i dischargeo,si:ovGEn:ospif xitnhodebi
jited for the
course pursued, and requiring his Lordship to take a
note of it.
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sweep,
7
25th of April last, in l'atrick•street, by sending him up a
chimne in which he was suncated.—Guilty of man-
slaughter.

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COMPARATIVE PRICES OF PROVISIoNS.--The follow-
ing are the comparative prices of meat and bread in London,
6d., pork Gd.
Paris, and Brussels, acccrding to the returns :—London :
Beet 7d. to 9d., mutton 7d. to 10d., lamb 9d. to 111, veal
7d. to 9d., pork Bd. to 10d. per lb. Paris : Beef 4d. to Gd.,
Beef 3d. to 5d., Mutton 4d. to 5d.,
Populous parts, only
tmoustdto.npesrdlbt.o 6Bclr.,uslasemisb:7(l. to 10d., veal 4d. to
lamb 6d. to Bd., veal 41. to 5d., pork 4d. to 6d. The price of
bread in London, for the 41b. loaf, Is, for the. first quality, 91,
second 7.1. ; some bakers, however, in Blackfriars--road,
clohlaarrsghe-g6adt.e,
price of bread is fixed
18 ounces English, for
by the municipal authorities according to the price of wheat
South-Eastern and Con•
and flour at market.lll
the first quality, at Paris, is Gd., and second sd. ; in Belgium
sd. and 4d. In Sweden, Norway. Denmark, Prussia, Poland,
V ilai tre cs ha:rp andhe The
B,
:al
lbng. and
luomao
ft
thoieif
or
Russia, Austria, Mecklenburg, &c., Provisions of every de-
scription are extremely cheap.
FOLKSToNE, JULY 22.—The,
tinental Steam-packet Company s packet the Queen of the
French left this port at ten minutes past ten o'clock this
morning for Boulogne, with Prince Borghese and suite, the
Marquis of Conyngham, &el 90 passengers, two carriages,
and tyro how.