The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-07-31 00:00:00

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'This was the only question to be tried, and he should
• ehOw a mug* for a series of years, that the Lords
always claissed a dominion as far as the
.Plaint.iff
claimed.
The title deeds of the Manor were then pot in, de.
during the title of the Plaintiff from the Dissolution
of the Monasteries io Henry VIIL's time. Then a
series of leases from she Lordato certain persons, de.
villein the copperas stones found.on the beach he.:
t ween high and Ipw water marks. Nest worst con.
tracts from • the • Board of Ordnance itself, agreeing
to pay for the shingle they tookfor the ballasting of.t he
King's ships ; lastly, several witnesses, who spoke
to an nuraried osage of all persons taking the beach
peeing an acknowledgment to the bailiff of the Lord
of the Manor t and that the grant had always been
taken as high as spring-tide at hies-water mark. •
Mr. Justice ABSOT asked the King's Serjeant (On-
sloe,) if he meant to coutrotert-tbese facts I who ad.
mitred be could not.
The Learned JupGs then said, he was clearly of
opinion that the law *fain favour of the Plaintiff.
Verdict for the Plaintiff-.-Damagas ref/tried to or.
bitratiou.
CRIMINAL SID".
Thomas Farr*. was indkted upon theCOtober's
Inquisition (the hill for murder having been thrown
Cut by the Grand Jury ), for manviaughter, in killing
Ilticbsrd Daniels. a child of thverf years sod e
half old,• at Miogiihein, in this county. •
The witness for the prosecution stated, that the
Prisoner had married the mother of the child, who
was her son by a former husband ; that on the 4th of
April last, the child having given some MUSS of
offence to she Prisoner, be shook it by its towering,
asking the child at the sa'me time if he was not
ashamed of himself ? The. child answered, •4. Yes,"
• and almost immediately after fell down, when it was
observed that its eyes filed as if in convulsions. A
tarpon was sent for, who ,arrived" about two boars
after, when he found the child in a dying state, hav-
ing symptoms of concussion 'of the brain, and it died
in about 40 ki4reifter. A physician also attended,
sud, coinciding in. opinion with the surgeon, di-
rected the head to be openedierken an estrawasation on
the brain was discovered, whichile considered caused
the death. Both concurred that the shaking only
could not have hacitliat efface. _ , •
On cross-essmination by -Mr. POLLOCIL, who was
Counsel for the Prisoner, it.appeared that the shaking
*was not so violent as to mite any. observation ; that
the Printer was habitually fond of the child, and
kind to him; and was much grieved at the Octet-
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IIPPERAIIT ASSIiES. •
.CLONMFI.'L. JuLT 15.
John tondos, John Malt*, John Scrughant,
sad Richard Parks,: were indicted for the murder of
_Daniel:Ryan, et liallinlinty, near Tipperary, on the
13th of September last.

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Fur the prosecution, John Brien swore, that he
Ins by when Daniel Ryan was shot; a number of
them had. been making bay (among whom was Wil-
liam Ryan). .The shot was fired by.blurray, and
the deceased had net given Mit any previous provo-
cation whatever. Brien, and those with him, bad
been hay-makirl the meadow omit adjoining that
into which the Peelers had come. He knows the

Prisoners. After the ;hot, Parks and the Peelers
'took the forks and rakes from the hay-makers, who
were all about Ryan when he was shot. He
.saidy
that he never swore that Parks said the deceased was,
going to murder him. That it was not Parks who
struck Daniel Ryan, and that be never saw Curran
do any thing. •
William Ryan, the brother of the deceased, swore,
that while be and others were at work seeing hay at
Parks went to the ground—desired him:
to stand, and presented a pistol at him. Some of
the people came up. and while be was engaged with
"larks, Murray shot Daniel Ryan. lie said, that be
never had told any one that. Parks was the person who
shot Ryan. He admitted that On the day before,the
tounty constables, who bad gone to the same neigh.
• boarhood to execute a warrant-, were beaten severe.
ly, and two of' then, left for dead, within four fields
of the place where Ryan was killed. He heard the
constable tall to him to stop, :and did not makkany
resistance. This man was' in jeil for the rescue.
John Meanevy one of the extraordinary Police,
,swore, that he was one of thoparty with Murray and
Parks; that they went to OS•Settra 'warrant against
ome persons ter resale committed the day before,
sad that they bad a warrant for that purpose. He,
did not see Ryan shot, but saw him when dead. He
saw Wm. Ryan there in a very ontrageoes manner.
wanting to fight; and when he saw Parks, William
-Ryan bade them to take that ruffian (Parks) out. of
s;ght, for that it was he who killed-his 6rother ;the
firs: time Meenety.iaw Parks on the ground, he Wag
cut and bleeding at the nose and mouth, end one of
his fingers cut, 'as if struggling to keep his pistol ;
and be saw Wm. Ryas attempting to wrest the pistol
oat of his hand.

James Millar,-chief constable of the extraordinary
Police, swore; that on the day in question he was on
the road at some distance, near a quarter of a mile
from where his men were, at the time that he saw
William Ryan running in his shirt; that one of his
men, whom at a distance be could not identify, came
up with Ryan, end they struggled. A great number
of persons, to the amoent of 40 or 150, then canoe ep
towards his party, armed with pitchforks, clubs, and
• rakes, in all directions ; the men were strugglingfive
minutes He heard the first abot fired by Perks, and,
Ryan said, it was Petits that killed his brother. He,
made off directly towards the place, bet was forced
to arrive at it by a round which mud* tbetength near-
ly half a mile, and before he reached it the second
shot had been fired, and Daniel Ryan killed. The
people were very forint*, and he called his asap and
took them off as qeickly as possible.
The persons against whom the informations bad
been sworn for the previous rescue being unknown,
a man who could. identify them was taken with the
Police constables for that purpose. William Ryan

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twas armed with a pitchfork, and the appeararica of
the party was to teases Ws. Ryan,who was Parks't
prisnovr.
Millar gave these men an excellent .character, foi
solber peaceable coo4oet, daring the oigesce of tho
esiablisbmeot.