The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1817-02-26


trance of his cabin Just in time before the
clock struok eight, by which he escaped the
penalty attached TO the irsnsgression. How
ever, % the ps,roIs was returning from pris-
oner's dwelling, ne, the witness, looking mar
rowly az fhr fhosch, discover ed the ron Of
howder horn, which he Immediately drew
from the s,raw--winess medis,eiy took
prisoner into custody, who acted very inso-
lentiy, denying any knowiedgeof the powder
iiorn, and had the sudacity to accuse witness
OF being the person who hid the powder horn
in the thatcb.
Prisoner being asked, had he any tbiog.to
say in his defence, protested in the most SOL
emn manner the powder horn was neyerin
his power, as he never heard OF II until the
policemen took him into custody.
-Four very respectable Witnesses gave pris-
oner most ezeeiienf character for so6uesy
asd iydusfry--,hey had known him ZEN yfors
---hc had thirteen children, whom he had
reared and educated by his daily laboe.,
The bench dclibsrated some minutes, found
prisoner gully on which the learned ser
gesnt after proaouncing handsome clogiun
on or hohhy eonshtution, and every just snh
animated retrrse,.sion on ,hy e,lo,mity Vt the
prisoners offence, which, y allowed TO pass
with impnni,y, would eventuslly tend to shake
The best frame Of government in the civilized
worlc-~prisoner was ordered, to the 'salisiac
ion of q crowded court, to be transported to
Botany Bay for seven years. =.
Mary Nowlan, widow, was found guilty. OF
having pistol barrei wNDin her power con-
t'afy TO the statute, and her allegiance TO our
sovereign lord The king. The police Officer,
on whose testimony the prisoner was scoavrcs-
ed, proved that he mel prisoners son, about
nine years old, With sonc other boys OF his
own age, that he had the bar rel in his hand.
The learned sergeant with the unanimoLs
concurrence of he s0eg strates, ruled H., that
the barrel was usfAia rhc nowsy Of the ptis.
oner.--She was ordered to be transported.
Oliver Casey was found guilty of being
out Of his dwelling after the huur pieseiibea
by tho staIu,o. Corporal Kag deposited
that he had tho care Of tho district, on The
west Of tho town OF hrdce, and was returning
to Reac quarters, sfer put,ing ihe several
families on hrs iis TO their beds~-hc met tho
prisoner on the Dublin road, who appeared
Observation-Disclosures ordsied his men to
charge bayoneis, which was instantly done,
aod after prisoner received couple or three
wounds, he wss secured and conveyed 10 the
|! siArd heu,e-.on being questioned TO show
Why he was from home, he saidhe had mis-
sed iSs way, had been at market, and being
delayed by a person 10 whom he had sold
seine yarn, he had lost 90 n,uch time as would
have enabled him to avoid breaking ir- law.
Witncss b.ing asked by lord Joeclyo, a, what
distance was prisoner from bi4 boase when
| The arrest took place, answered about one
'niIe-~his lordstip observed, that it was ob.
vious tho prisoners story was Inconsistent
with an examination which TOOK place the,
morning after the arrest, as prisoner told his
iordsh'p he was looking al.cr his eowy which
had got toto neiehbo ing field, as he sppre
hended, II found there, she wood oe pounded.
His lordship shrewdly observed, that il tho
prisoner vas not abroad on some reasonable
purposes, his stories would not be at such
variance. To sustain his loI dship's discrun-
nation, another policeman swore tina, he
found u gun.lock IN Tho road, which must
havs formed part of muskei in tho power
Of the prisoner, 40 the lock was enveIoped in
an old stocking, which eyac1y matchej, in
size and cslvr, with smother oeking found
in prisoners house, by :hc party who search
ed it. The prisoner was sentenced TO trans
porta,ion.
Thomas O'Ncii was put On trial for aiding
and assisting one David Koran to break the
law, by entertaining the said David after the
hour Of bed timo. A policeman deposed,
hat he went into tho house OF the prisoner
between the hours of 2 and 3 in the morning,
and on comparing his roll With the persons in
bed, he discovered one person moro than tho
numbsr he had put to sleep IN the proceeding
evening, was in tho cabin--oo investigating
the parties, ne discovered David iioran, who,
as il appears since, had dwelling OF hts own
at Colon, Resr the sect OF tho right honora-
bls John Foster. Wuness took fiora.s into
custody. and after tying him on the collecting
car, with tho other prisosers taken during
the night, examined prisoner as TO The. offence
laid 10 his charge, of barbosing any one not
entered on the rol! OF his inmates. .--o pisoner
accounted for his uansgressiou by saying,
horAn, who had been drinking, had broke HE
lex by falling from his hose that ais groans
attracted his attention, and discovering his
si,us,iop, took the liberty Of carrying him ID
from the ricors Of the 0ish,, uu,il sarsiesl
assistance could he had in the morning. To
ascertain thetru,h Of prisoner story, witness 4
ordered the corporal 10 examine Rorsn's leg, \