The Sun.
London, England, 1816-08-13 00:00:00

Archibald Jacob, Eq. examined,

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Resides at Limiscorthy ; made (hart a prisoner.
on the '24th of Jane, in the thickest putt of the.
wonti .of ; there were four or five
other persons; 41100 ..V:0 straW.l)4(l itt Oe.1170011;
%Vete fired from the bed at him and his
pal ty, consistinteof military and volunteers : five
were wounded ; nn shots ,ivere tired by, the
banditti ;, ordered solme of the party. to surround
the wood,•;and others- to ~penetrate.
Coffey, permanent
.secjeaut .of his corps, cried
out, " I have emitight Cooney," who proved to be
the prisoner at the bar ;. pointed hint out in the,
;;dock ; the sericant took the watch mind seal from,
whieb•were.identitied by Myth Stollber ; also,
a (loather of int:Hocks, cartridges, a saw, AM(
kitite the pr6OIICU, (YrAtit,l told him, he had Cut
the bars of. the pmoo of Wexford, and hhould
have escaped that niOtt ; five pistok, a blunder.
busS, and a fusee, welt: found in the bed in the
wood ; saw (rant in the town of EautisetntbY f.
went by the name of Cooney : livett there about
a• fur tnight rheld, nut nothity„ by :the
;way of
thre3t or hope, to induce a confession; Saiit he
got the watches-from his.brother.
%%lit niss Was a sand) distanee from the wood, not
immediately, in it. No one searched the:prkonee
hilt himself; a nomber surrounded hitu and brought
bitato witness; he could not be searched wit hoot.
ltis knowledge ; the Watches am) money flu put_
in his pocket, the other thingt were tied up in a

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quilt ; the,artie.e3 eontl not possibly be changed,
as the sedeant krpt quite cleat' to-witness ; the
tcere take') from (r.ott,anil a knife. of
en thins W'c'AntAti:hili taken fro'ul hetivicn tie soles
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of his shoe.
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iiiaart2 gteek, Es;l. rr. ‘Em Ts. .
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Witness,settrelied the
.prisoner in different
Paris of the tottiay. of Tinto:ail, ; searched his
house; found two gold rings ; his lirother George
was with him ; prisoner lived at hloyne, the
County of Tipperary ; he held out no' hti a ur
threat to hint ; the rings`he SitetireCi to Mr: Stub.
ber, who identified them ; had rto commtmication
with Government
.until, ofrer t;rant'S iOprelien-
sion. tirant confessed lit had been looking At
witness when he was searching for !dill' in the
Wabbit Boi (igh.
Tiunnas Porrestet examined by Air, .1.044.

Witness remembers CaPtah) stribber's house
being robbed; was in the kitchen with the cook,
as a visit or ; the rolbers came in about nine
o'clock ; saw throe -4f the robbers, and beard
others outside of the 'windows; the prisoner was
in the kitehen, and charged three'or four pistols,'
about one or two o'clock in the Morning ; never
saw hint until that day ; heard his voice before.
,he saw him. ; %vas continually speaking ; went by
the name of Bulger ; was brought, to !lie jail to
see him by Mr, J. Diintie ; prisoner did nothing
to witness on that night ; he wore it grey surtout.
coat ; witue-s was confined to rite. kitchen.
The case hav:ng closet', Lord Notusuity most
mintueffi recapitulated the ern's:Jere,' when the
jnry• retired for some time, 4.10 brought in a
' verdict of—Gailly.
To the gnestioll from the Clerk of the Crown,
what reason he had, why judgmeut and sen-
tence of death should not be piisSed on him3"--
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the most tirm, colleeied, and indeed feeling'
manner, he replied—" My Lord, I only beg of
the Coart,some short time to arrange things be-
fore my departure for :mother place ; not' in, the
idla hope of escape, or patdon, but to make resti-
tution to the.per.mis %vim have suffered by my bad
line of lite I have tr.;ett Visited in my cell by
some lile•r•sed petiole, who have, thank God, given
this turn to my mind, and to which I iMplore
your Lordship' attention."
The coronet pt the prisoner Wits collected and
firm throughout the trial ; and waS spoken of in.
terms, of melancholy approbation by the Noble
Judge who presided.
Three other persons, named Carroll, Phelan; •
and Fannon, and a young Man named Gehan, were
arraigned tinder the sarine indictment. The two
former were found guilty : the latter, it appeared,
was merely conneLted with Eitlllotl by a combi-
nation of citeimistalc.S tUllitycittrahle
upon the clearest*.evidence, was acquitted.

SUFFOLK ASSIZES.

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IiCTRY tRMAY.

INHUMANITY OCCASIONING DEATH OF A PAUPER,

kiNo D. nunr AZID SPlNfi

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Thii wadi actor id: great interot to the connty—r.,
namely, all preferred by the parish, of
St. James, Bury St, Edmunds, against the two
delentlunts,, fartnert ; the one .44 o.er*.et-r, ati,l the
other as “1: rl.l park!) of Vortthant, 4
viihge Situate :about two In iirs dho.nat from Ball.
'Bete %very at vel al estunti in the indiotment
t;, that the tlefenditilt3, iii gior.oi vitdatioa of
the InWS of Ow cAnintry, and also in rio!Atiptt of
pitbhe , charity and ittottlnity, anti or the. office
they held, Ikol wantonly and 91111VFell
3 poor perstot, of the uante of Hobson, to be for-
cibly carrildl 'may in a cart fin the =itl parish
Fornhani, on the evening of tide 22d August
List,' without affording him, the pmper, any re.
lief or soil Cita flet4 iso that ddirt!lionrs after
removal, _
tint, the two'ilelemlaots hati
vvickedly, hasily, and inhumanly conspired toge-
ther, koolving the said; pattp•er was in a dying
state, to throw. the
,tior,tlea upon the pmisit ot St.
James, by orcle:iig hint to be conveyedawav in a
common cart, hind set dun u near the entrance to
the town of 13tiry, the said pauper not being. in a
condition to •%!,tlk ; by whici, eotispiracv„nd
ne-
gleet the ,said pauper had his life thrown hit,ip,
ainklanger, liti4 which Atilt:ate)), .oecasioned leis
death, Thi:. 34 count charged th ,defendant with
a common •but which •coant was afar.
Wards abandoned.
Mr. Serientit FIUME, far the prosecution, call-
ed several kvitnesses to prove that the pat.rper
rwas
seen on the day in question in the neighbourhood
Fortiliani; that he was conveyed to the North-
gate of,liiiry on the same evening, by order of the
defendants that he was set (10Vti front a cart in
the deplorable condition set forth in the indict-
Ment, at the distance of near one mile fruit) the
workhouse, of St. James's aforesaid, to which he
was carried,• hilt in-so ircloced a state. of health,
that his stomach refused al; sustenmice offered by
vomiting it tip intim:chattily, so that he lingered
and died. •

Mr.SrAIMS, for the, defendant, called' several
witnesoes ott,t be other band, to prove that the
pauper was rwsl ed by the defendant if, be wanted'
assistance) arid where he was going ; on which he
answered, that he was going to Clayton, -siac miles
distant, where he had a settlement, and did not
want any thing; The defendant having reason to
believe that he was a vagabond, and from his ap-
pearance that he 'was tit unk, asked him if he wish-
ed tO ride, and sanding for a cart, desired- him t©
hi, conveyed to Bury, being upon the load to.
Clayton ; . that the pauper got into the cart of
his own accord, withouubeing forced.; and so far
from being in want of spstenance, his pockets.
were full of bread and meat, anal : his only coin-
plaint swats the want of something.to drink;
The effiglt,BAKON charged the Jury,. that,
though thisverts prosectition to he instituted,
the evidence given for the defendant was so tepid.
Ove 'of the eharge of criminality so as to oecolon
the death of the pauper, it -was his duty in a et i-
tuirtul charge to tell 'them that here was not suffi-
cient evidence to find the deleutlauts guilty. The
Jury found the defendants not guilty.