The Sun.
London, England, 1811-02-22 00:00:00

JSELITh D.

,SPECIAL Corsii-MISSiON.
WATEUFORDi 13.—0 n ginur(!ay last, after
the Court had -assembled, Thomas Brien, PArrießlake,.k
Themas Mallony, John Rteler, John Con-
noly,
John Dewier, and Patrick Baker, were put to
ahe Bar, tir attacking the house of Edmond Via-
havan, at Ballednif, an the night of the leiph
of November last, for the forcibly taking away a pis-
tol and powder horn, for b.-a ing and abusing
Fla-
haven, and Connors, eis labourer and assistaefi.
,for swearing tahai:an t•• give op .his farm., firc. To
these charges the prisoners pleaded —Aot
The first witness, l...ditione Finhavan, examin-
ed by the Solicitor-General, deposed, that ha
resided at Bailydutf, the.neighb.ntrhood of which
was much disturbed ; held two firms there;
better than ' eighteen montims...itigo, he was at-
tacked bm the Caravats, one of his
%cows, and beat him ; after which he got a -pi3-
tol, which Major Cole gave hint jetilusslon tH
keep for his, defence; about seven o'clock on the
evening of the 20th of NOVenilizr last; as ha
was sitting by.the,fire with iris family, anif *Jan
Connors, a labourer, it being dark, eight persons
'burst into his house; they first raised the lateb,.and
threw in time door with considerable force; witnemet
saw with them some pistols, a sword, and an alpeen
stick. (This Word is derived. from the French lan-
guage, and originally signified a stick cut at the
foot of the Alps). --Witness immediately ran
into his bedroom; and bloke the window which
was theree to make Ilk escape, but t men
were plaCed outside, with alpeens, to prevent him ;
on his return, at the room door, he saw four men
beatirg Coun'ors severely with pistols and alpeens ;
he had cuts inflieted on his head ; witiless ran to
the fire-place, and climbed up the chimney to
avoid their rage; they C:IITIC to him, and with threats
arid promises strove to induce him to come down ;
they were speaking to him a considelahle time,
and one of them having pledged his /mike that
nothing should be done to him, he implorer,' their
mercy, and and threw himself into their hands ;
they ordered several candles to he lighted up in each
room ; they took' witness outside the door, slid beat
him unmercifullyl- his-wife stuck to him through
the whole; with a blow from the handle of a
spade he was thrown in at the door, where they
renewed their cruelties upon him, though his
wile and children threw themselves upon fern
to protect him from their barbarity ; one of
he persons, whom he pointed out-amongst time
rest in the dock, leaped thrice upon ilia. body ;
identified five out of the seven, Imy placing the
,Sheritl 's wand upon their heads, but did not
know them by name ; (those lie did not iden-
tify were Dnwley and Brit:110 they were in and.
loom the ',twilie about an hour; winless went
with Mr. Langley to the potatoe field where the
prisoners were working—there were 4ev6ral men
in the field, but he recognised only' the rive
whom he identified ; witneis swore positively,
fie.was certain thc.,.e five persons tvere at the attack
upon his house ; was not the same mail since 11 o
transaction, he had suffered so much troth lite 11-031-
I menthe had received; they carried Away the pistol
before mentioned.

The proof of an alibi was then attempted by some
wilnessrs ; but it WM wholly tillaltereSling,
contributed nothing to the cause of the unhappy,
prisoueis.

L•:rd NORBURY summed up the evidence with
great minuteness, and the. Jury, ,tier a short deli.
berntOn, brought in a verdict of Guilty against ull
rho prisoners.