The Sun.
London, England, 1828-04-10 00:00:00

Maras did not come that day to work, as they had
no scaffolding to go on with the building, and they
were again disappointed. This was on a Tuesday.
John Keogh then said they would begin their work
on the Monday after, and he appointed Sunday
night to meet at his house. On Sunday night they
met accordingly at Ballytrusna, where Ned Ryan,
of Golden, the man who wears the straw hat, joined
them, and they all spent the night there together.
There was a dance, at which Lacy and Welsh, Ryan
and Looby, joined. Next day they went to the
house of Keogh, where Kate Costello gave them
their dinner, and John Keogh a couple of glasses
of whisky a-piece. They then went to the grove.
Here the witness proceeded to detail the facts con-
nected with the murder as elicited on the trial of the
murderers, and detailed the proceedings of the party
at Keogh's house that night until they separated,
leaving their guns in his house.
He underwent a long examination, which was
chiefly directed with a view to exhibit his terrible
character, as a plunderer of arms and a murderer,
to the jury. He would not, he said, hesitate to kill
a man for the boys when he was amongst them, but
he would not do such a dishonourable thing as to
commit a robbery. He had been at more murders
than this; and until he was taken prisoner by Mr.
Yokes, he was one of the boys. He did not give
his evidence for the reward, but to save his own life.
Edmund Ryan, another accomplice, whom the
Crown had admitted as evidence, detailed the pro-
gress of the conspirators at the house of the pri-
soners. His statement agreed in substance with that
of the former witness.

Kate Costello, servant in the house of the pri-
soners, and a whole host of other witnesses, were
called, who deposed to small circumstances corro-
borative of the testimony of both approvers, and the
guilt of the prisoners.
The case, on the part of the prosecution, closed
shortly after nine o'clock, and the prisoners were put
on their defence; they, however, called no witnesses
except two or three gentlemen, as to character, who
stated their knowledge of the prisoners for a consi-
derable time, and that they were always considered
honest, industrious, and comfortable men. They
could hardly credit the information when they heard
of their apprehension for this crime.
The Jury retired to their room shortly before
eleven o'clock, and remained there until within a
few minutes of twelve, when they returned into
Court with a verdict of " Guilty" against both
prisoners.
The prisoners, who had during the. day appeared
quite unmoved, on hearing their doom shook with
terror. John, who was a very fine looking man,
and dressed in a manner which evinced his possession
of means beyond the generality of the Irish peasants,
appeared most affected.
The prisoners' Counsel suggested that it was now
the Sabbath, and that perhaps his Lordship would
defer pronouncing sentence until Monday. The So-
licitor-General declared his acquiescence, and the
Judge consented to postpone the sentence accordingly.
In the Record Court, before Serjeant LEFRoY,
another man, named Grace, was couvieted of the
murder of Mara, and sentenced to be hanged on
Monday.

EAST INDIA HOUSE.