The Irish standard., 1903-01-03


County Court Judge Of Limerick.
Council said the plaintiff appeared to
be highly sensitive pig-buyer, and
the words he complained of We're:
Charlie O'Connor, you public robber,
that stole the timber in my yard!"
Counsel said that the timber alluded
to was almost as historic as the treaty
stone, and had been lying in defend
ANTS yard for twenty years. The
defendant, in her affidavit, denied us
ing the words to plaintiff, and said at
the time she was Seeding her son; and
she asked the plaintiff not to keep
company with him. The Court remit.
ted the action.
LOUTH.
In Drogheda, on Dec. 4, an inquest
was held in the Mayoralty Rooms, by
DIR. O'Hagan, Coroner for county, OH
the body of a man named Thomas
Cooney, of Balgatherin, which had
been found in the river Boyne the day
previous. The deceased, who was
about 60 years of age, and unmarried,
was laborer, and lived at Balgather-
in, had been missing since November
l, and the body, which was very much
decOmposed, must have been in the
water over four or five weeks; there
were no marks of violence. The jury
returned an open verdict of found
drowned.
MAYO.
The death is announced, at his resi-.
dence Main street, Castelar,, on No
vember 10th of Bryan Lotus, trader
and farmer. The deceased was an
honest, industrious man, Of gentle, dis
position, and charitable to the poor.
His funeral, on Nov. 81, to the Old
Church was, Notwithstanding the in
clemency Of the weather, representa-
tive Of town and country, and great
sympathy was shown for his bereaved
widow
A remarkable murder trial took place
at the Connaught Winter Assizes, at
Sligo, OH Dec. 3, when an elderly farm
er named James Doherty was indicted
for the second time, for the murder, at
Kilclare on the 22nd Of March last, of
his son. Patrick Doherty, aged q
years. The prisoner had been tried
OIL. the same charge at the Letlin,
Summer AssiZeS, but the jury then dis.
agreed. Counsel for the prosecution
stated that the prisoner desired to
marry young girl, and that the SOL.
Patrick, objected, and succeeded III
breaking off the match This exasp-
Grated the old man; and OH the night
Of March 22nd, it was alleged, the
father killed his son by shooting him
with a revolver. Later that night the
prisoner and Il relative dragged the
! body into their house: and when dis
covered, it had four bullet wounds on
it. The jury returned Il verdict of
guilty, and in sentencing the prisonr
to be hanged in Sligo Jail, on the Both
! of December, Justice Wright said the
crime of which he had been convicted
was peculiarly brutal and revolving
one. The judge added that the coli
demned man need not entertain any
hope of mercy.
TIpPERARY.
On December LIST, ticket-of- leave
convict, name Thomas Breen, was
brought up at the Nenagh police Bar
racks, charged with having entered the
house of Miss Garvey, of Oltltrim, on
the night Of Dist of November, and
stolen a Flo note, a gold watch, Il.
pair Of gold-rimmed eyeglasses, and
other articles of jewelry. The pris-
oner, who pleaded not guilty, and was
not professionally represented, was re-
turned to the Clerk Winter Assizes to
take his trial. Neither the watch nor
the money was recovered.
WATERFORD.
In Tallow, few days ago, the house
hold effects and shop goods Of Mr.. John
OBrien, one of the defendants in the
now famous Tallow cases, were put
up for auction by the Sheriff's Of
ficer. There was only small attend
ance Of the public gathered, for the
most part, through curiosity, and the
sale passed off without incident,
though there was large body Of police
present. The bidding was altogether
confined to q bailiff, who represented
the plaintiff, and Mrs. O'Brien. The
total sum realized was E225, while the
Of three storyiBcris SHRDLLU
remaining ten guineas worth was
knocked down to Mrs. O'Brien. Mr..
O'Brien's interest i'll the premises,
which consist Of a three-story house,
with out-offices, remains to be sold.
There is license attached to the
premises. The bailiffs that had been
in possession Of the premises Of Mr..
=. +. Walsh have been removed ow-
ing to the claims made on behalf of
his family, to the property contained
on the premises; but it is understood
to be the intention of the plaintiff to
test the validity of those claims in
court of Jaw.
WICKLOW.
On December 4th the funeral took