The Sun.
London, England, 1828-07-03 00:00:00

CORONER'S INQUEST.

An inquisition was yesterday taken before Thomas
Stirling, Esq., at the Green Man, at Wemley, on
the body of John Llearden, better known as " Long
.John," who was killed in an affray with a body of
Irish labourers, now in custody, on the evening of
Sunday last.
Henry Racket, labourer, on Sunday night was
sent by his master for a loaf, and on passing a field
near the Green Mat), he heard a noise as of several
persons quarrelling. On looking to the spot, he saw
a body of Irish in the employ of Mr. Read at hay-
making. Among others he saw ,John Casey, John
Cochrane, James Barry, Cornelius Barry, James
Shea, Jeremiah Murray, James Hayes, Dennis
Burke, Catherine Casey, and Timothy Connor.
They were quarrelling with the deceased. The first
blow lie saw was given by John Casey, who with a
black-thorn stick struck the deceased across the
shoulder, and knocked him down. He then knelt
upon him, and kept beating him over the bead with
a stick till the blood flowed copiously. After a time
he desisted, and Long John got up and stripped to
tight with his fists. The whole of the prisoners
then cattle close up to the deceased ; one of them,
James Barry, had a blunderbuss, and most of the
rest had pitchfoiks. As soon as they had closed
round the deceased, Casey struck him across the
loins with the staff-end of a fork, and he fell to the
ground and never spoke afterwards. The rest fell
on the deceased and struck him with their forks.
Witness, and four other Englishmen. named Arnold,
Nix, Barry, and Ball, who in the meantime had
come up, now ran to the spot, arid endeavoured to
protect Long John. Witness had a stick in his
hand, with which lie struck Casey on the hand.
—The Irish in a body attacked witness and
the rest of the English with their forks, and com-
pelled them to run away. When Long John got
up after being knocked down the first time, he
seized hold of the black-thorn stick which Casey had
in his hand, and wrested it from him, and flung it
to a distance. Casey instantly seized hold of a fork,
and with it struck down Long .John the second and
last time. After considerable questioning, it was
elicited from the witness that he had interfered when
Long John was first knocked dos‘n, and had then
struck Casey with a stick he had brought from
home. The others fell on witmess, and he was con

polled to run across the field. lie afterwards re-
turned, and saw Casey knock down the deceased
with a fork. Several of the Irish jumped upon the
deceased after he was knocked down the second
time. When they left, witness returned. The de-
ceased was lying on the ground, but was not dead.
Elizabeth Reeves—On Sunday evening was with
him at a public-house. The deceased drank but
little, and was quite soker. There was no Irish in
the room. Witness and the deceased left the house
together, and got but a few yards when Casey cal-
led out, " Here. is an Englishman, let's kill him,"
and instantly knocked him down. The deceased
g'ot up, and called to Arnold to assist him, and at
the same time knocked Casey down. Four other
Irishmen came up, and were all successively knocked
down by the deceased. Casey in the mean
time had got up and was again knocked
down by the deceased. A number of ether Irish

arrived on the spat almost immediately, armed with
forks and scythes. Casey got hold of a fork and
knocked down the deceased, dnd four or five others

then surrounded him, and world not let him get up,
but beat and cut him cruelly with their forks and
scythes. Catherine Casey jumped upon the decea-
sed's face, and John Casey jumped upon his chest,
and left him for dead. John Casey returned about
half an hour afterwards armed with a scythe and
fork. He asked witness whether the man was

dead, arid she told him he was. He said, if he was
tiot dead, he had come back to kill hirn.

!fess assured him he was quite dead. Casey then
went away. In the course of the affray, witness
was struck several times. She heard one of the

►ish call out,

" Don't kill the woman."

After some further evidence, the jury returned a
verdict of " Wilful murder against John Casey, and
against James Cochrane, James Barry, Cornelius
Barry, James Shea, James Murray, Dennis Burke,
and Timothy Co►►nor, of aiding and abetting in the
perpetr►tion of tl►e murder.

COTTON WOOL.
LIST OF IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.

EX PORrED.

ThiN
year.
1
19'18

Bags, S.:c
7031
25,5:03

Bags, &c.
Liverpool. 355,757
London :itt,lll7
Glasgow 23,t;');
Totiti exported in I!

Same

;Same tie- Irreriott,_
nod lazt ly this'
year. year.

(Bags, &c. Bags, &c.
425,510 297
34,50;7 60,
32,535
33,601.
33,051.

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