The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-02 00:00:00

IRE LAND.

CONFESSIONS OF A TIPPERARY INFORMER.
The occasion is rare indeed upon which the informer was
known to come into court with clean hands; but of all the
miscreants of the tribe that ever figured in a temple ofjus-
tice, foremost stands Mr. James Darmody, in the capacity of
an approver in a case tried before the Chief Baron at Nenagh
assizes on Friday last. Two men, Edward Ryan and John
Conway, were indicted for assaulting the habitation of Pat
Hogan, of Bawn, and firing into it a loaded gun.
The following is the cross-examination of the approver,
Dannody, who, in his direct evidence had sworn he was in-
stigated to fire, in the attack on Hogan, by a person named
Kennedy :

Cross-examined by Mr. ROLLESTON—How old arc you ?
I am 26 years old.
Yeu are a married man—Yes, I have a wife.
Coun-sEL—God help her ! Have you any children 2-1 have.
How do you support yourself?—l have a quarter of land,
for which r pay 7s. 6d.
How far is Culluhun from your house ?—Two miles.
How far is it from Bawn ?—Twelve miles ; it is the first
time I was there.
Did you ever do a job for Kennedy before ?—I never did.
What brought you into Nenagh ?—I came in to serve a
Crown summons for Ryan.
How long were you in Nenagh before you met Kennedy?
—Two days.
Whose public-house did you meet at ?—I cannot tell that.
Upon your oath, did you tell it to the magistrates, or point
it out to the police 2—l did not.
Did they ask you about it?—They did.
Where ?—I was in Thurles when they asked me.
How long were you in Nenagli?--Ten days.
Did they ask you to show them the house?—They did not;
th 9 y told me I could do it in Thurles if I liked.
How long have you known Fogarty ? —Three or four years.
Upon your oath, would you not shoot a man if you were
asked ?—I don't think I would.
And why did you go to shoot a man for Fogarty ?—I did
it because I knew him.(Sensation.)
So if any man you knew asked you to murder another, you
would do it ?—When I am on such business I would not kill
a man unless I was attacked. —(Murmurs.)
Then you were on such business before ?—I was.
Were you ever at the taking of the Black Chapel ?—I was
not.

Were you ever in gaol for Shanahan's murder ?—I was.
And so you planned the murder of poor Hogan in a pub-
lic-house in this town ?—I did not plan it.
Well, did you agree to the job ?—I did, after drinking.
Now, can't you tell us what public-house you were in ?
I cannot, but it is in the street leading up to the Court house.
How long were you there ?—A quarter of an hour.
So, in a quarter of an hour you made up your mind to
murder a man you did not know.—l did.—(Sensation.)
Were you at the murder of Shanahan.—l was.
Were you tried for the murder of James Ryan More ?
I was not.

[Hare he coolly detailed the particulars of Shanahan's
murder, amid great sensation.]
Mr. RoLLEsToN.—How did you murder him ?—We killed
him with stones in his own yard, near Lord Hawarden's.—
(Renewed sensation.)
Did you do anything to the body of the manyou butchered ?
—I did not, but I heard that one of the party did.
What did they do to him ?—I can't tell what they did
to him.

How long were you butchering him ?—(The witness here
hesitated to answer.) Answer this Court, Sir, said counsel;
I have a catalogue of your villany here (pointing to his
brief). How long were you doing the job, I ask you again?
—We were not lung about it.—(Sensation.)
Was there not a charge of rape against one of the party on
that occasion ?—There was.
AoW# answer me this question—Did you not stand in the
door of Bolton's house while three of the murderers com-
mitted a rape on his daughter ?—I did.
And the corpse of the murdered man lying before you in
the yard? (Here an audible thrill ran through the court,
and there was a pause of a moment.)
Was not poor Bolton murdered because he sent home a
gun he took from Lord Hawarden?—He was.
Where did you sleep that night ?—At own
On your oath did you ever see Shanahan until the night
you helped to murder hiai?—l did not see him until that
night.—(Sensation.) house.
Can you tell how long you were butchering him ?—I can't

say.
IVas it on Sunday you did it?—l can't tell whether it was
or not ; it is ten years ago.
COUNsEL—Ten years ago, and you are now 26, so you
began your trade as a murderer at 16 years old?-1 did.
—(Sensation.)
Were you at the killing of Ryan ?—I was.
When did that murder take place?—About a year after.
Were you At the liftYcsti ?—I FPM,