Star.
London, England, 1821-12-24 00:00:00

COUNTY OF KILDIRE.

About ten or twelve days ago, two yeomen, named
ALLEN and LEARY, who live within three or four
miles of Kilcock, in this county, were attacked in
their houses, at night, by about 15 or 20 men, and
robbed of arms ; and a man named MURRAY, who
was not provided with arms, had 30. panes of glass
smashed by the fellows with the butts of their guns,
ho before their departure, did other damage to the
premiseF.
THE SPECIAL COMMISSION AT LIMERICK.

When sentence of death was passed by Baron
M'CLELLAND on McNamara and Molony, whose
conviction for the murder of Mrs. TORRANCS we
:wed in the STAR of Saturday, M'Namara exclaimed,
" Amen ! Oh, I never expected anything else from
the County oft Limerick blood-hounds." Every one
in Court appeared greatly shocked at the language,
find the SOLICITOR GENERAL said, "My Lord, in CORse•
quence of the horrid expression which has now been
used, I shall mention a circumstance which has not
been brought forward upon the trial. When Molony
made confe(sion of his guilt, he said that M'Namara
had been his accomplice ; and when he was brought
to the jail, he pointed him out and said, That is the
wan who stabbed Mrs. Torrance.'"
The prisoners were removed under an escort, and
Then passing from the Court to the jail, M'Namara
looked towards the crowd assembled in the street,
and, as it is supposed, addressed some individuals in
it, for he exclaimed, 46 Never mind, boys; courage,
courage !" His behaviour during, and after the trial,
liras of the most audacious and hardened description.
Xolony, however, conducted himself with decency.
EXECUTION OF MiNAMARA AND MOLONY.

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Wednesday, at two o'clock, lifiNamara and Mo-
long were conveyed from the county _Limerick jail
to Gallows-green, where they suffered the awful sen-
tence of the law for the murder of Mrs. TORRANCE.
While the platform and usual apparatuswere getting
ready, both of these unfortunate men, at the instance
of the respectable Clergyman in attendance, addressed
the immense populace in a few words, who, for that
Purpose, were permitted to approach near the gal-
lows, each acknowledging the justness of his sentence.
*Namara most emphatically called upon them to
take warning by his untimely fate.--,, am," said he,
" justly cut off in the middle of life; I therefore warn
you to abstain from nightly meetings and all other
illegal acts, the danger of which I now, when too late,
clearly see. I forgive all the world, and am sincerely
terry for the improper expression which I used in the
Court, after my conviction." The cart having been
drawn off, they were launched into eternity, and after
hanging the usual time, were cut down, and their
bodies left at the county Limerick hospital for dis-
section.—Molony, we ale assured, was the person
who killed Caoss, of Limerick, who was resident

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in `the house of Mr. Sikattwk it Aare, ivlioie hOnie
sr as attacked bl a large banditti, in the year 1819.
TUESDAY.
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Michael Halloran, Michael Fitig,erald, and Michael
Moran, were put on their trial, for the murder of
Thomas Manning, a police constable, at Incherourke,
in the county of Limerick, en the 15th of August last.
The prisoners pleaded Not Guilty.
Eyre Massy, 4 policeman, deposed that ,he was on
duty at Incherourke, in August lass, in Mr. Hunt's
avenue, and between twelve and one o'cleck at night
heard people talking at a short distance, and also
heard two shots fired; observed, by looking " be-
tween him and the sky," several people dressed in
white shists. Mr. Doolan, the Lieutenant, asked who
comes there? they challenged witness's party, by
asking who we were ? Mr. Doolan replied, “We are
the police, give yourselves up to us;" they then fired
five or six shots at the police ; several of their pieces
were snapped, and missed fire; witness's party re-
turned the fire, and the others ran away; Thomas
Manning fell dead alongside witness, before his party
fired a shot ; the police then made prisoners two men,
who came up to them ; witness made Fitzgerald pri-
soner, who had on a white shirt over his coat ; wit-
ness identified him ; Fitzgerald was on horseback,
and had a bayonet; Hobard came up, helped witness,
and they took him off his horse; two more were then
made prisoners; witness identified Halloran and Mo-
ran ; Halloran had also a white shirt on, but no arms;
the tire of the witness's party killed two men, as wit-
ness believes.

Thomas Doolan, late Chief Constable of Police,
confirmed the evidence of the last witness. He was
out on the night of the 15th of August with 15 or
16 policemen ; witness ordered the men to load, but
not to fire without directions; there was a great num•
ber of persons there, principally mounted ; witness
saw them ; thinks there were about 200 in all; there
could not be less than 67 or 70 mounted ; the Ca-
valry and Infantry mixed together ; a great many of
them had white shirts over their other dress ; one
man wore a large white robe that came down to his
alleles; witness's party called out to them to surren-
der, in the King's name, saying, that they were the
Police, and that any man who should stir would be
shot ; they then fired at witness's party ; witness was
in front, and retired to the left of his party, who re-
turned their fire ; witness heard that one of his party
was down ; the others ran away ; three were taken
prisoners.
Michael Ivis overheard a conversation by the
Whiteboys on the night in question ' • one man said,
Michael Moran is not concerned, as he has no,
ground, and by G— 111 shoot you, if you let the
rascal go; witness is brother to Isis, whose house
had been attacked, and remembers having seen some
of the dead bodies of the Whiteboys who had been'
shot; one of them had 'peen a shoemaker, and had no
land ; Michael Moran, one of the prisoners, had taken
land from Mr. Bateman, but it was taken away from
him; Callaghan was the name of one of the men who
had been shot, and he had no land.
The offence was clearly established ; but only two
of them were convicted, the Jury having acquitted
Moran, as it appeared that he had been compelled
by the Whitebuys to leave his house, and join the
party on the night on which the murder was com-
mitted by them.
Judge Moons: passed sentence on the prisoners
Halloran and Fitzgerald, and dwelt with much feel-
ing on the enormity of the offence, and the necessity
of visiting it with the severest punishment.
When sentence was passing, Halloran begged his
Lordship to grant them a long day : the Learned
Judge said, the limited time was fixed by the law,
and ordered them for execution on 'Thursday.

Halloran said, g‘ The LORD have mercy on us."—
Fitzgerald remained silent. Previous to their being
led out from the dock, Halloran shook hands mourn.
fully with Moran, who was acquitted.