The Sun.
London, England, 1810-04-03 00:00:00

CARRICKFERG&S ASSIZES.—MARcir el.

This day the Court proceeded to the trial of Da-
niel Stewart, David Montgomery, and John Chain
hers, accused of the murder of AlexandeeMcC6l-
- near Toome, county of Antrim, on the night
of the 9th of November last.
Peter Aiken, Esq. said he is Coroner, and was
called on List November to-hold an inquest on the
body of Alexander McCulloch, of Breckart, near
Toome. He did so, and found the body so covered
with wotinds that he could scarcely look on it,, being
so shocking. Those wounds he has no doubt occa,
sioned the death of McCulloch. .
'John O'Neil.s.aid he remembers the night of the
9th of November, which was that of the murder of
Alexander ,McCullcdh. Three days.befere.it took
place, Montgomery, Chambers, and Stewart called
on him, and they then fixed the night of the rob-
bery. Those three said they had beeh ,looking -at
the house that day, and that they could easily do-
it themselves, but as they had mentioned it to him,
they wished him to be there; that they would.not
bid him go to the inside, as the family knew, him,
and he should have a full share of what was got.
On,the.third night after this, the party met in a
moss near Toome, between eight and nine. at night.
This was the night' fixed upon for the ,robbery.
When at the moss, Montgomery proposed to go.to
fame to ,buy spirits, and Turner gave. him a note
to pay for them. He went, and when he returned
brought some loaf bread. They remained in the
mossier about half an hour, and then they, six in
number, proceeded towards M'Culloch's house.
When they came_. to the foo. of his garden they per-.
eeived lightin the house, by which they found the
family had not,gone to their beds. They stopped
three quarters of an hour longer, and then went to
the back of the house, and as they saw no light,
they believed the family had gone. to bed:. They
then forced off one'of the back windows, which was
n3adeoflead, and four Of them went into the hense;
those, were Andrew Turner, (now under sentence
of death in- Armagh jail for horse-stealing,) Daniel
Stewart, David Montgomery, and Thomas Quin,
(who has .not been taken). David Montgomery
and Andrew Turner had bayonets with them. He,
the witness, remained for some short time at -the
back of the
_house, and then went to the front. He
did not choose to go, in, became the family knew
him; and he knew them. When he went round to
a front window, he looked through, and perceived
they had a light in the room, and observed Mont-
govnery and Turner engaged with McCulloch, who
was on the floor in his shirt. They stabbed him
once or twice with bayonets, and then M'Culloch's
son rose and endeavoured to give battle to assist -his .
father. Old M'Culloch being too powerful 'for
Turner and Montgomery, and having forced. Mont-
gomery dgwn on his knees, Stewart, who . was its
the house, came to their aid, and at last they over-
came McCulloch, and tied him with a cord. Cham.
bers was then at the back of the house. Turner
stabbed M'Culloch whilst on the floor, two or three
times, and said, you old rogue tell where your mo-
ney is. During all this time, Quin stood at the
room door and held the candle. Witness was so
shocked at their proceedings that he went to
the door and shook it,
.and cried that a guard
was- coming. He did this to endeavour to take
them off the old man, Stewart then came to
the door and told witness that lie was done for,, that
be was ao more, they' had killed him. This made
him, the witness, shout out murder ! murder ! why
did you kill him ? They then came away, and
brought three bundles of clothes with them—Quin,
Montgomery, and Turner carried them. They had
been about three hours in the house. When they
left it they returned to Toome, where 'witness left
,them and went home. They .went eking Toome-
bridge. Chambers and Stewart lived at Loran,
near Castleda.wson, and Montgomery lived near
Maghera.• Witness would take none of the property.
Cross-examined.—Q. Yoa say you would not
,take any of the property, why would you not take
it ?—Because I was afraid it might be found about
me, and lead to a dcovery.
Q.- 'What then did you go there for ?—lt was to
get money. that I went, and. 1 did not think that
when they went to rob, they would have murdered
the man, and I was so shocked .at it when I went
home, that my conscience would give rue no rest
day or night. I never thought it would have fallen
out Murder.

Q. Now, Sir, you knew that they had -.bayonets
and pistols, how then do you, say they did not foierid
to:Murder him thought they only intended to
fight if they were resisted.

Q. Well, Sir,. did not that happen as you ex:pea-
ed ?—I did not expeti that they would have mur-
dered him, because they took'a cord with them for
the purpose of tying him.

Q. How did your conscience prevent you. from
giving information concerning this which appeared so
. shocking ?:—lt bore two ways '; it was shocking for
me to speak of it, and I was afraid to do so.
Why were you taken up ?—I was taken -up
on a charge for horse-stealing, and I gave informa-
,tion of this robbery the same night to Mr. Shiells,,
of Castledawson. I did ,not at first give informa,
tion against all of them, but only against Montgo-
mery, Chambers, Turner and. Quin., The 'reason
why I did not 'then inform against Stewart was
that he had once saved my life, in a riot at a fair,
and also because he was the-person who prevented
the house of McCulloch-from being burnt, when
the others were, about to do it, ,after the murder.
When I gave the information,,it .was not with any
view of saving myself Yrotn.the charge of horse-
stealitig,...but only because of my conscience having
been so shocked that I could not rest till I had
done so.

Alexander McCulloch said, he is son of the de-
ceased A. M'Culloch, of Breckart, and was in his,
father's house on the night of the gth November
last.. He went to bed before,his father, and thinks
it was not ten o'clock. His father slept in anothet
bed in the same room with witness and two of his

brothers. He was soon awakened by theshOuis df
his brothers, and 'when he started up, he saw his.
fatper and a man struggling, and there was .another
man had a light in the room. Ws father was in
his shirt: Witness ran forward to assist his fat hti',
but a third person knocked him down when within