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London, England, 1829-10-30 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

SLADE AND ANOTHER t. GAWLEE AND ANOTH"'
This was an action brouglit by the plaintiffs to WWr
the amount of several bills of exchange. The defodasto
are assignees of Messrs. Wakeford and Co., late bankef
at Andover, with whom the plaintiffs kept an account.
At the time of the bankruptcy the bills, which formed tP!
saject of the present action, had not been parted with bi
the bankers, but they refused at that time to give the..
up to the plaintiffs, and subsequently the amount for avhiO
they were drawn was received by the defendants in tbBlr
char icter of assignees to Messrs. Wakeford.
Mr. Serjeant LAWES appeared for the plaintiffs, ain„
called several witnesses, who proved that two of the bill
were in the bank at the time it suspended payment, bli
it
that the others bad been discounted before that period. '
was also proved that the amount of the two hills bad been
received by the defendants, as assignees to Messrs. Wake'
ford and Co. the bankrupts.
After Mr. Serjeant WILDE had been heard for the dr
fendants,
The Jury returned a verlet for the plaintiffi,
1301. Ss. ; the amount of the two bilis which the tie
fendants had received the cash fur.

• GRINDAIE V. LAWSON AND OTUERS•
This ease, which is an action of libel against the Tin
newspaper, :old which was appointed for this moruit4l
was postponed by consent to Tuesday next.

1

I IRELAND.—SPECIAL COMMISSION. be good enough to murder for me such or sach a
gentleman. So much for f eily-1 would not be uns
(Abridged from the Cork Constitution of Tuesday.) derstood, when spealeeg- of ties, man, as pronouncing a
MONDAY—FOURTH DAY. panegyric on his character. No men 'egrets more
At nine o'clock the Court was opened, and was than 1 can thes use of such an instrument, but with-
al; usual crowded to excess. At half-past nitre, Mr. out
cee.lf them
we wat it.impossibleo to attain the end of jus-
i to have conspiracies proved by
Baron PENNEFATIIER and Mr. Justice TORRENS I
entered the Court. Shortly after, the SOLICITOR- the pure and the virtuous, we must suffer them to
GENERAL, Mr. Serjeant GOOLD, and Mr. BEN. go undetected. Nowlin) was another species of wit-
NETT made their appearance. ness—he too was an accomplice, but he was also an
Mr. DAVID FITZGERALD On the part of the , approver, and this is a distinction which I wish
prisoners, begged a short delay—Mr. O'Connell to have preserved. lie comes tainted in every
be tainted—he was en.
had been applied to to come in for the prisoners, a `,„
ed in the conspiracy, apprehended for it,
vay that a witness
letter was just received from him sating that he g
Was on his way, and he was momentarily expected. :at''!,to save his own life, proffers his information.
Now, as to another witness, David Sheehan-1
Mr. TALBOT GLASCOCK followed up this request,
wish to avoid any mistake from the confused *use of
atating that he was engaged for one of the Prisoners, • „.„.ns__,n s true he escaped from the police—he was
Michael Wallace, who had no other advocate.
an accomplice, but never was arrested ; but, as an
The COURT having observed upon the delay oc-
ticcomplice, the share he had in the transaction
easioned on the part of the Agents for the prisoners
was comparatively light. Ile was a Whiteboy, 1
in swearing in the Jury—
admit, a bad character, but he was no approver, and
Mr. F. M`CentrnY said he was not ashamed to
allow that every act was practised to gain time for
ln this diffsrs from Nowlan, as het ame voluntarily
the arrival of Mr. O'Connell. fortyard to give his informations. We have next the
Baron PENNEFATDER thought it a strap e allow-
evidence of Thomas Murphy, one whom I do not
toe° to permitg
know in what class to place, but be is not an tip-
the use of such artifice, adding that
prover. lie was in company with Delv, Magner,
'41•• O'Connell should have been sent for in dine.
and k ' .. were about, and I
• mid Lynch, new wee. then
Here a considerable sensation was observed in ,
t ;must leave to the Jury what opinion they'll form of
he hall of the Court, occasioned by the arrival of
knowing
Mr. O'Connell,notwickede
• a man who, of a conspiracy, was
through w who shortly after made his entrance 1
enough to join in it,nor virtuous enough to expose it.
ino, • ith considerable difficulty, the crowd hay- 1
' Here arc four' witnesses, all differing in a shade, and
• , increased to an immense density since the err- i
trancel I draw the distinction that you may the better ap-
of the Judges.
• 1 preciate the testimony of each. Daly was employed
The indictments, similar to those en Friday, with
of , .
evidence;
__ow_an
was
im-
the e • !for the purpose giving
for soli •t*
plieated, was asrested, and became an approver—
et toga encouraging, and inciting, haying been
read Sheehen, though an accomplice, comes voluntarily
3
The C 1 . forward, and Murphy, on being sent for, came for-
,sOLICITOR-GENERAL rose and spoke nearly
ward to give his evidence—l shall only observe on a
as follows :—My Lords and Gentlemen of the Jury . few of the facts --- to be laid before you ni evidence.—
the prissiness at the Bar, Edmond Connors Pa- 1 ' , .
there h • 1 • one, ]tire existed
' ; 1 his conspiracy, if as been se .
trick Lynch, Michael Wallace, and Timothy Barrett, !
for considerable period ; the meetings weie nii;n'stand indicted for that they with various others, corn- 1 a held•
:-
biped cannot there-
! rous and at various places—you, and conspired to take away the lives of three
fore expect extreme accuracy as to time and place,
respectable gentlemen of this county—there are taro ►
and the very variations are proof that there is no col-
this case. questions involved in the consideration cf
lusion, as more care would then be taken to trim the
!ais ease. The first, whether a conspiracy wide in
its extent and dangerous
prisoners were implicated in in its objects existed at all tale and make the parts square with each other.—
and if so, whether the
,
Now as to the -testimony against the prisoners it will
be proved to you that the prisoner Connors has a
that conspiracy. Gentlemen, it is lamentable that
station in the band—he ranks as a head committee
any set of men should conspire for au object so hors
riblfor distinctionwe'll call the others pii-
man, sake
still a Fates. Connors is a farmer of substance, he acts in
tore so when the parties are in circumstances
t
S.
ptation, from poverty at least. It would be wrong
above the common rank of life, andremoved from airy this conspiracy, in the general character of a com-
mender, and in the particular one of a directing
ter
power, anpp Nowlan met at
o me not to take this opportunity of correcting any
fair of Rathcl d a ointed
are. You'll have to
it proveed hitom you tthehat
Itliaefpreheesion that may go abroad
to reduce this cans tine to its fro
bye r omittin
limits g
Sheehan met Wallis on the 27th cf April last, when
and removing from the country at large a pp,
he (Sheehan) was sworn in by a man named Leary,
and that there they discussed the shooting of these
of it This conspiracy does not extend mu
stigma which attaches to but one small
portionch be- gentlemen. Nowlan saw Wallis at Doneraile on
,
the 20th of June, and again returning from the fair
pond the immediate -nt I dof Doneraile.—
dte neige row mo
And itSI T lev the day after the
of Mallow, on trove- uest ._ ,
strikes me as paradoxical, that such a place—
fdr I havethought attempt on Mr. Low, at John's Grove, when he
it my duty since I came down on
these trials;lamented its want of success. On the fair day of
to inquire into the localities—it strikes
Me a Mallow, he was with Magnet, Daly, and James Ma-
s paradoxical that this spot, so fertile in itself,
grath, for the coming of Mr. Low. Murphy will
:abounding with a wealthy resident gentry and nume-
prove that they arranged to leave the fair for that
us magistracy, should be the spot, of all others,
aele • ir ose. Lynch not coming up as he was sta-
eted for the existence and display of such alio-
Min. ititonped onside as a scout. Now as to Connors—it
ehle proceedings. If this conspiracy charged in
th • • will be proved—and this is important—that Cole
e indictment be established, I cannot believe that
in
, nors meeting
dent
a District of eight or ten miles, with such a resi-
fair of Rathclare, on the 27th of April. This meet-
be 10118 gentry, aided by forty-four Magistrates, it can
i • • held in consequence of the failure of the at-
nee ss as
suffered to exist, or that the moral force of
the - tempt on Mr. Low, in March.—lt was no common
„ .genty will not be arrayed against it. If not for
meeting, met for particular purposes, not an asset's-
l'etr own sake, for the sake of the miserable
retch bly of privates, but a meeting of the chiefs of the
, ea, the poor deluded peasantry, who are
Committee to issue their orders to the people of
Court,
assizes after assizes, to the bar of this
Kildorrery, to assist in the undertaking. Notelet'
—untt, exhibiting scenes of delusion and delinquency will tell you he met Edmond Connors, who told
to end in shameful death, it behoved a high-minded
gentry him to attend that meeting. The poor and the in-
to put an end as soon as possible to such a e
satuated were to be called to action, to the toilsome
horrible state of society. Even should the prisoners part, whilst the Committee-men undertook the di-
la the bar be acquitted, something should be done to
rection, furnished the drink, and took cognizance of
satisfy the anxious spectators who crowd this Court
le-dale-day, arms and ammunition. He sat in comparative
y,whether such a confederation exists or not.
safety, and issued his commands, which must be in-1- 4e prisoners may be innocent, yet from the nature
plieitly obeyed—why there exists no greater ty-
of the evidence about to be produced, you will be
ranny. This man lives in a slated house, you won't
satisfied that the conspiracy exists; and, believing it,
hear of him exposing himself to personal danger ;
IPI Must, One and all, resolve to put an end to it.
his name is not on the records of Glanasheen or
' you do so resolve, I'll take proper care to show
Churchtown. Nowlan goes to Rathclare, and there
stiutt, that the law is amply sufficient for that
sees the committee; Daly will tell you, he and
esimble end salutary end, if you have yourselves but the
Nowlan met there. There sat this committee, with
nerve, and the vigour, and the courage
their band of agents, furnished with pen, ink, and
to Put theta into operation ; but if, instead of this,
country paper, and issuing their mandates for the murder of
gentlemen will lend themselves to connive,
these who dared ruse compliance with their
le least to countenance these proceedings; if they
commands. Now font]e fourth prisoner Barrett.
tffer their premises to become the receptacle of
Did Barrett know Mr. Creagh ? this is an import-
Whiteboys, anti the refuge of outlaws; if, when
ant question—Mr. Creagh had law suits—not law
lilailed upon by a Magistrate to assist in the appre- suits, but variances—with his tenants. It will be
ha-
of such, they refused to put forth a finger,
proved to you that Barrett expressed an intention
buY Would not, for a million, have a hand in appre- of becoming a tenant to Mr. Creagh for piece of
ja"ing them ; and if there be gentlemen who enter grazing mountain, and if not received as a tenant, that
tubto a tacit,
if not an express treaty with these ma- ,
he threatened to coerce Mr. Creagh into a com-
b Udertn receiving and affording mutual protection,
pliance with his wishes, by expressing an in-
of the it of honorary members
of lb e) as were, a sort
tendon to bough any cattle that might be put
a co must, I confess, despair of
restoring there to graze.—So much for Barrett, to come
the peace of this country. I now come to to u knowledge of his motives and disposition.
Perform e part of my duty far more gratifying to
You will see that Shine is implicated; there are
he
than that of adducing evidence of the guilt of
two causes for the murder of Mr. Creagh—first, his
power PEisOners• I have to show the Magistrates the
general harshness as a landlord, and then
"ver which* into their hands to quell alleged shine'sparticular enmity in consequence
te . the law puts
.:we have
of his brother's transportation. Mr. Creagh will
vtiated if we gain fixed and proper notions of the tell you that he has a number of tenants whose rents
terms we use. If gentlemen of rank and station will
live the (they having no leases) were changed with the
means of subsistence, which should be pre-
changing prices of the times, and to whom when
Served for the industrious and peaceable, to the looking for leases he would not grant them at the
tiotous and lawless, affording them protection and
she' very minimum of rent paid during the depression of
e 'ter, what consequence can we expect ? A gen.
the times. You will find that in the September of
-tetrian may be in ignorance of the law, he may cri-
-1828, a formal notice was served on one of the
Zisate himself. There has been no reform in the
Shines, and an ejectment was being executed on
„riminal Code, as relating to this subject it is still
I another, and that an announcement of these was
Irepealed; and, though severe in its enactments, made many months before the April of 1829
,Iv/to love my country as dearly as those who are Gentlemen of the Jury, with respect to the shoot-
'gore
t.profuse in their expressions, do not hesitate to ing of Mr. Creagh, you'll find they were to get in-
:flounce it as salutary as it is severe. The White- formation of .the time at which he was to dine with
to code gives Magistrates a power to interfere be- Admiral Evans, and that information was to be te-
:e any criminal act has been committed, and ren- ceived from one who enjoyed a friendly intercourse
wnrs, the mere assemblage a misdemeanour. Here with his house. You will find, consequently, one
tt' nave an Association, ever ready to lend its in. John Leary giving the notice. Mr. Norcott's
ttituments to the commission of the most atrocious carriage was painted like Mr. Creagh's; you
lho
Ines by the word of God himself; but I will will be told of the order in which the company
t• w that those oaths, taken in blasphemy, conceived proceed ; that Mr. Creagh's carriage was followed
it taPine, and ministered ie guilt, are no more bind- by gig, and on their return, you will find the gig
sugmthan a rope of sand. Every one wha administers
following 'Mr. Norcott's carriage, the most obvious.
cu'',l oaths is guilty of a crinie Punishable mark of recognition to persons like these; and Mr
t, "ue,sths and he who is aware of, acrd Norcott himself will inform you of the shots fired'
d,c-a's, offenders, commits an offence of as when nine bullets passed through his coach. Here
l'ialP a die, But, lest gentlemen may not know, is a story, which may, if we had nothing done, if
h. "e to inform them that the law does not stop we had no overt acts, might appear to be fabricated,-
erZn-e-It further enacts that if any person wilfully
. but whether those now charged were or were not
"win i 1 th e whose acts come within
tee.rn
,g y concea os guilty of the conspiracy, we can have no doubt that
ine "'nog of the statute, such person so conceal- a conspiracy existed.
1e guilt
care not whether in haggard or stable yard) •
Witnesses were then called—the first was
- guiltY ofwith death. I now
give t„, an act punishable
David Sheehan examined by Sedeant GOOLD—
notice publicly, and if any one give me ! "n-
I lived at Christmas last near Ballyvonere, and was
~.1.-seocifstiee of such a person, and follow it up with
a sworn Whiteboy about five or six years ago; I
fie b , I care not how high, or respectable in rank
s I promise him a Commission for his own heard of Doctor Norcott's carriage being tired at ; I
e-es
tronel,al trial, and an execution if there be a clear was at a meeting at Ned Roche's public-house in
Doneraile, and met J. Leary, William Shine, Owen
thatletimn The Gentlemen of the country will see
Hickey, John Magner, Charles Daly, and ;Michael
efficthey are bound to do all in their
power to give Wallace (the prisoner whom he identifies), and had
tru;_eY to these laws, and that it is not by each
drink there. The men I mentioned were within
the Kling for his own particular personal safety, that
Ge
before me, and Jack Leary asked them if they were
-
0 ntlPeace of the country can be established.
cusp, to prove a conspiracy, it is almost itn-
y read to murder the gentlemen ? they said they
I.n t
ssible to prove direct and unimpeachable w:itnesses. were, and Leary drew out a paper, signed it him-
,,ii end to adduce the evidence of parties involved, self, and handed it round, and they all swore on a
book ; Wm. Shinetook the oath first, and swore
s Produce to you the evidence of Patrick Daly, a .
..wen, wi . ,
would 1. • the life of Mr. Creagh, who trans-
to trial meboy since 1821, who was also brought
ported his brother; 'twas late at night.
for ,I. under the Insurrection Acr, and acquitted ;
th this acquittal he conceived be was indebted to
is Cross-examined by Mr. O'CoNNELL—My name
e ...oldness ofSheehan ; I have not
an individual, and he has since used
every effort
while at Mr. Farrell's office in Dub-
e__ to make what atonement was .in his was supported
lin ; I lodged in Sycamore-alley ; was about two
Veyrer. Whiteboyism had changed its character in
t'inon country since 1821. The Whiteboy (:infec - months there; • I had 12s. and 6d. a week for my
-se*
s at first enlisted for some special objects, was .
support; Mr. Yokes gave me the clothes 1 have on,
0 controvertible into other and he who first J
ge„,
just
_.
first time was
ectioned them for the cession of tithes, and three times by the Whaeboys; the .
the . supp
1 arrangement and division of land, which he may .
about six years ago, the second about three, and the
°oh • upon as . • 1I • d a day
1 ' • even laudable third about twe re months ago. earned 6d. ,
venial or trifling, or
Pursnts, 'wes. fitting out in- before I gave evidence in this business. I don t
Rise
int-
of not, aware that he was
whom
n_uris: s robbery and murder—persons torecollect whether Mr. Low's being fired at Corning
;;Y ppileant may say, I'll thank you if in the absencefrom
the fair was before Doctor Norcott's carriage
' more important and legitimate occupation you'll was attacked;
the persons at the public-house were

John Leary, Win. Shine, 011.611 IF. John Mte:.
tier, Charles Daly, WaP •
Nowlan. I told the Cf,t::,:el
that Nowlan was there. f catmot rceoneet
many houses I attache ;; I v, a: to the attack of Ti-
mothy Leary's house; Lear! ofJohn Le.try's house
also being attacked, but I do not know if it was by
the Whiteboys or Ma,kboys : Ito ht have attac!ced

fi►-e hundred hoti,vs, but I cmulot 7r, collect if I at-

tacked a thousand. I have been a prisoner since I
was last taken, and was a prisoner last night. I
deserved to be hanged for conspiring to murder the
gentlemen ; I heard it said that any one who was a
witness would not be hanged.
To Mr. CALLAGUAN—In the public-house in Do-
neraile where we met and swore, the door was open.
William Nowlan examined by Mr. BENNETT—I
was taken prisoner a week before the Assizes, and
had twenty-five acres of land. I know Connors,
Lynch, and Wallace ; I know Connors of Ballinguile
for 12 or 13 years; I was sworn as a Whiteboy by
Connors about six years ago ; I recollect the time
De. Norcott's carriage was fired at ; I did not meet
Connors before the carriage affair, hut did meet Wal-
lace at Ned Roche's house in Dczieraile; 'twas in
the. front room; the other persons there were Charles
D.ly, John Magner, James Roche, James Magrath,
Patrick Lynch, and T. Daly ; I know John Leary,
and raw him often at Roche's house in Donera;le;
the last meeting was two days before the carriage
was fired at, and James Roche, James Magrath, M.
Wallace, and J. Magner were at it ; J. Leary swore
ths,rn about killing the gentlemen; he told us that
Mr. Creaah was to dine at Admiral Evans's, and
they would have an opportunity of killing him ; I
did not meet any of the prisoners after. I was not
present at the firing at Dr. Norcott, for I bad a sore
leg ; I was at the lair of Rathclare, and saw Connors
a week before it; he told me to po to Rathclare on
that day, that there was a meeting to be there about
Mr. Low, that he should be killed; I went and saw
Connors outside near Duane's tent ; he carried me
in to give me a pint of porter, and John Burke was
there, but he was not sitting near the rest ; I staid
only about a quarter of an hour, as there was a fight
expected in the fair, and I went out to see it, and
did not go back. I was sworn at " Cold morni❑g's"
at Wallstown, to go to Mallow, and to kill Mr. Low.
Charles Daly, Lynch, Magner, Roche, and Magrath
were- also sworn. The reason they gave for killing
him was, that Mr. Low was a great rogue, hunting
the people; I was not at Mallow fair, but was at
Kildorrery fair, and saw Lynch there; James Ma-
grath, John Magner, James Roche, and Patrick
Lynch were with me there; we had arms ; I had a
pistol, Lynch had nothing; Magner had a blunder-
bus:, and the rest had none ; we left the fair to meet
Mr. Low ; we were waiting for him behind a ditch,
but did not fire at him ; the reason was, they told
me that Mr. Nagle was with hits, so we left our
arms behind a ditch and went back to the fair.

Cross-examined by Air. O'CoNNELL—I took my
oath that I would shoot Mr. Creagh, and un-
doubtedly I would have done so, only for hurting
my leg; I went out to kill Mr. Low, and only that
Air. Neagle was with him I vas ready to shoot him ;
I would shoot twenty, thirty, or forty of them—
would rather kill the police than the King's troops;
I would shoot all the gentlemen in the county of
Cork, and yet lam a conscientious fellow. It was
a damnable crime for me to take an oath to murder
a gentleman, and I took it with all my heart ; I
would have shot the young lady in the carriage, I
would not spare her—(a thrill of horror passed
through the court at this observation)—l am swear-
ing to save my life, and I would not answer a word
only to save myself. I could not tell how many
oaths I took—l don't know if I took a bandied
oaths—l took the book, blessed myself, and swore.
I often fired into houses, and would kill the people if
I could ; there were more determined villains than I
was. I might have sworn a hundred persons to
commit murder.

To Mr. LEwis—lf I was required by the Com-
mittee, I may or may not shoot Mr. Harrold Barry.
Mr. Nercott examined by Mr. GREEN—Detailed
all the occurrences about his carriage being fired at.
His and Mr. Creagh's carriages were painted alike,
and their servants were nearly in the same livery.
Patrick Daly examined by the SOLICITOR-GENE-
raI —I was sworn a Whiteboy in 1821 ; I was tried
under the Insurrection Act, and acquitted; I know
Colonel Hill, and Mr. Creagh, the late High Sheriff;
I remember the time Dr. Norcott's carriage was tired
at. I know lim Barrett, Mich. Wallace, and Ed-
mond Connors; I met Barret in Buttevant the next
morning after the carriage was fired at, he told me
of it and said they thought it was Captain Creagh
they had. I know Connors since the attack at Gla-
nashecn in 1823 ; I met him often, and saw him at
the fair at llathclare in April last, in Duane's
tent ; it was pn the fair day; I saw Charles Murphy,
John Leary, John Bourke, Edmond Connors, Daniel
Keefe, James Barrett, Dennis Shea, and Edmond
Coghlan there ; it was at the end of the tent, and
all were in the same company ; I heard the four
committee men, Connors, Burke, Murphy, and
Leary say they should make up a party to go to
Kildorrery. The reason I say they arc committee-
men is that nothing can be done in Whiteboy busi-
ness without their consent ; they ordered on that day
to shoot Captain Creagh, Admiral Evans, and Mr.
Low; I saw Murphy write in the tent, and the
three other men sign their names: I heard John
Leary say, that he would order a party from Kildor-
rery to shoot the gentlemen at Kildorrery fair.
Cross-examined by Mr. O'CONNELL—I am not a
Tithe Proctor, nor was I employed by Col. Hill;
I was a distress-keeper to Col. Hill for some time;
I am a Whiteboy up to this period, and will be a
prosecutor in future ; I got the coat on me from Mr.
Goodburn, of Limerick; was in Limerick a month,
and six weeks in Dublin ; I arrived in Cork on
Monday last; I met Nowlan, and drank porter with
him ; I have got no money ; I heard of the reward
for the attack on Dr. Norcott ; I can't tell how
many houses I attacked ; I had cattle belonging to
Colonel Hill at the fair of Kildorrery; I believe I
told Sheehan that I was sent to Dublin by Mr. Wm.
Hill; I worked as a day labourer for the last time
about four months ago ; I drank at the fair of Rath-
chore, but I can't say I was tipsy; 1 never solicited
my brother to become a witness : I don't think I
was drunk, if I was I would not know what they
bad been doing; from that until the Ist of May I
was in care of cattle for Col. Hill ; I came to-day
from my lodgings in Grattan-street, to give evidence.
It was early in the day, about two o'clock, that I
went into the fair of Rathclare.

Re-examined—l did not hear any of the evidence
delivered here to-day ; I was only a moment in the
Court.

To Mr. LEWIS—I was not told by any person any
evidence given by the witnesses to-day.
To THOMAS WARE-4 was not drunk or tipsy at
the fair, and did not hear any person desire me to be
turned out of the tent.
It was here stated, that what Nowlan swore to
was, that he heard Leary say, that Pat Daly was so
drunk he ought to be turned out of the tent : I had
only taken a pint of porter before I went in.
Michael Creagh, Big., gave evidence which proved
the attack on Dr. Norcott's carriage.
Thomas Murphy, an Irish witness, examined by
Mr. Green—This man's testimony went to corro-
borate the facts of the Solicitor-General.

George B. Low, Esq., examined by Mr. PLUN-
KET—I am a Magistrate, and was at the fair of
Mallow in March last; I was fired at at Mr. Glo-
ver's, at John's-grove, between four and five o'clock
in the evening.—[Mr. Low detailed, with his usual
minuteness, the particulars of the attack, and the
apprehehension of Magrath,who was since executed.]
The evidence for the defence being closed—Mr. Justice
TOIMENS turned round and addressed the Jury. He cau-
tioned them not to be led away by the enormity of the
charge. He adverted to and coincided with the view of
evidence taken by the Solicitor-Csneral, and repeated the
observations already made as to the difficulty in cases of
conspiracy, of procuring direct evidence untainted by a par-
ticipation of the crime under consideration, and pointed
out the necessity which by law was rendered imperative,
of having their testimony so corroboraied by cireum-
stances, as to under it faith-worthy. Whilst on the

• hand tir ' ' -,rnsider that the lives of the pi-
were pi • . •rafs, they were aware, at the
•tia, time, to rr,e..-• 7 arid liberties of others, and
to do all r,t• • }), the peace of the coun-
try, which look ,1 hp t!u-1.1 a due and firm admini-
stration Of jrntiee. hit retired, and having
rennined in far tyv,-;e,!, -tit minutes, their Lordships
sent to know wh,thm- t:ley %veto ;iliely to agree in their
vettlict—an 3 nswer iu tire negative we returned, and at
hAfi„,,„t cjeveo the Com-t t,t- half an hour,
bi:ilds being first sworn to keep tire uv. The Court at
this time presented a most interesting spectacle,
crowded even beyond its utmost capability of accom-
modation, with an eager and anxious multitude,
whose countenances, as they caught the scattered
lights, which scantily illuminated the extremity of the
Court, expressed the deep interest, which all felt in the re-
sult. The prisoners themselves, upon whom a full light
fa in front of the dock, evinced in this moment no emotion
which could distinguish them from the less interested, but
apparently not less anxious crowd around them. They
preserved to the last that steadiness and intrepidity of de-
meanour which characterized them through the day's pro-
ceedings. The scene without was not less iNposing.
The avenues to tire Court, and the adjacent streets and
passages were blocked up with anxious multitudes, eagerly
enquiring from those, whom pressure and weariness drove
from the Court how far the trial had advanced in its pro-
gress, and what was likely to he the result. From nine
this morning up to the present hour, the greater number
of persons present at the trial had not quitted their sta-
tions. The solemnity of the scene was particularly
heightened by the presence of a troop of the Scotch Greys,
who were stationed at the principal entrance of the Court
during the latter part of the trial in fixed unmoving still-
ness, until the departure of the Judges at the adjournment,
and then paraded through Castle-street, awaiting his return.