The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-05-24

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These are the gentlemen that dis
tinguished themselves during the
Tipperary regime. by sentencing
hard labor nearly all the person
brought before them under the White
boy and Coercion acts.
.
PROSECUTION OF THE WATER
FORD STAR. THE PROPHET
RESS SENT TO JAIL. SEN
TENCE BY REMOVABLES.
On Saturday, before Mr.. H Turner
r, NJ, and Mr.. A, S. Heard, r. NJ
sitting as a court specially constitute
under the criminal law and procedur
Ureland) act, Mrs. Annie O'Mahone
was summoned by the police, as owne
of the Waterford Star, and Mr.. Henr
Lynham as editor. The charges agains
the defendants was that they had, il
a proclaimed district, between tn
months of November last and April il
the present year, published in thei
newspaper statements calculated to in
timidate John McGrath, John Nc
Kenry, Patrick Hickey, David Barr!
and Edward Power, in consequence o
their having done certain acts whicl
they had legal right to do-nameIy
to use and occupy as tenants thereo
| certain farms of land from which ten
ants had been evicted." and they were
| further charged with having inciteC
certain persons. unknown. to intimi
date other unknown persons who haC
taken possession of evicted farms.
The court then adjourned.
] When the magistrates returned after
an absence of half an hour, Mr.. Turner
said the sentence of the court was that
Mr.. Lyman was convicted of the Of
fense on the first count, and that he
be imprisoned for two months in Wat
erford Jail without hard labor. The
| same conviction and the same. SEN
tence applied to the second count, but
term of Imprisonment is to run concur
rently. With regard to Mrs O'Mahony.
he said that they ordered that she shall
find security to keep the peace and be
of good behavior for twelve months,
herself in $50 and two sureties of E25
each, or in default to be imprisoned for
two months in Waterford Jail without
hard labor.
Mr.. O'Mahony handed in a written re-
quest to have a case stated
Mr.. Turner-We consent to state a
case.
At the meeting of the Waterford No
| district council, Mr.. w. Kearney. J.
p, presiding, Mr.. Thomas Power (Col-
loghane) referred to the sentences re-
Gently imposed upon Mrs. O'Mahony.
the proprietress, and Mr.. Lyman. the
editor of the Waterford Star by two
removable magistrates. The following
resolution was passed: THAT we most
emphatically protest against the
strangers of human liberty in Dublin
castle who have revived the worst form
of the coercion act in our quiet and
peaceable and erimeless city, and that
we are determined to sustain by every
means in our power that fearless ad-
vocate of the peoples rights, the Wa
terford Star, in its fight against land
lord tyranny and oppression" (Hear,
hear.)
Mr.. p. Cough, D. c., seconded the
resolution.
The chairman said that he thorough
1y approved of the resolution, which
was adopted unanimously.
The land commission have decided in
favor of Colonel Nolan on the question
of his submarine estate, and have gen
orally affirmed the principle that the
landlord can demand additional rent
from tenant If he collects from the
sea weeds which are admittedly not the
property of the landlord nor situate
within his holding. Colonel Nolan is
to be congratulated on having been the
first to give the land commission an
opportunity of coming to this iniquitous
o
On Wednesday, in Frenchpark court
house, Mr.. A. G.. w. Harreu r. M
and Mr.. r. L. Browne, r. NJ. sat un-
der the provisions of the criminal law
and procedure (Ireland) act to hear
summonses against tenants of the De
Freyne estate for alleged unlawful as
sembly, etc
The court was crowded.
The usual police evidence have been
siven, the defendants were asked if !
make any statement, and they replied |
II the negative.
After an absence of an hour. the
magistrates returned into court.
Mr.. Harrel said they considered that |
he justice of the situation would he
net by sentence of fourteen days'
without hard labor in
ach case
Mr.. Rafferty, asked would they be
-llowed until Saturday, as tomorrow
vas fair day at Ballagharderin.
Mr.. Harrel said they had to issue the
warrant AZ once
The defendants were subsequently
onveyed under escort to Boyle. and
hence to Sligo Jail.
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The hearing of the charge of con
piracy under the crimes act against
1essrs. McDermott and Gormely, Joint
ecretaries of the Bunnanadden branch
tbs United Irish League, was con-
oncluded at Ballymote on Friday be-
ore Messrs. Smith and Harrel. r. M.
ne charge was one of having intimi-
ated man named John Dursean to
an evicted farm. and the
ase turned on an alleged threatening
etter sent to Dursean. Alexander Nc
ntyre, official assignee in the court of
was examined as an ex-
ert in handwriting, and gave it as
is opinion that the letter was written
McDermott. No evidence was called
'r the defense, and the magistrates
each defendant to two
'dged.
The farm of Dooherty. offered for
lie at the court house here on We'd
esday, has passed into the tenants
lnds, thanks to the action of the
outh Roscommon executive of the IT
L., who took up the tenants case
ON the start. A couple of days since
egotiations were concluded privately
18th the vendor, and the fact of the
nant's succeeding in the matter is
oked upon as a great victory in this J
cality. The venerable archdeacon Z
'Laughlin, and Father O'Hara
'inced their kindly zeal in the ten
IT'S behalf, for which the thanks of
e nationalists of Roscommon are due
them.
AS result of the league conventions &
ntests will only take place in seven
t of tNentN-t two count t1r. linrisi.r,s. =. | =