Inquest At Shenley.
The Times, 1824-01-06T00:00:00

Trhe Coroneres Jury was assembledI at the White Horse Inn,I Shenley, at ten o'clock in the morning of yesterday, purssuant to thieI '~Mjournment fronm Saturday last. Before the inquisition was opened, ,3r. Noel stated to Mr. Stephen, the attorney in the suit against 'Mr. C-onnolly, that he was instructed by Captain Nestor to bring actions againstr the magistrates, and the other persons who had been .on the premise,s at Rabley.hiouse, for trespasses on the'latter gentle. man's property, in their arrest Of MrI. Connally. Mir. Noel askedl if Air. Stephen wonld accept the notices which, under the act. of Par-. liament, he was obliged to give to the magistrates. Mlr. STEVnE,f said he had :no authority todo so. Shortly after- wards, AMr. Wi-nter, one of thne magistrates, entered tbe inquest ,room, and, after conferring yr himn, Mlr. Stephen told Mlr. Noel be was ready toIcp h noiJ'n that gentleman's behalf. The CossoxEst said he thought it necessary to state to the Jury, that a report had got abroad which he was antxious to contradict, lest itsahould reach the ears of Mlr. Justice Park, He was represented to have said he thought that learned Judge's opinion rpecting the publicatio of evidence was not worth a farthing. He d,2eald e having said this. Several of the Jurors declared they hadl heard no such expresion from the Cororer. -The COONER, taekthat opportunity of observing upon the con- duct of dne of the mnagistrates, 'who said, when he (the Coroner) lad gone with the ju-ry to view the premises, that "1it was all non- sese." He deprecated any suich interference, and said he should psroceedl according to the beat of his judgment in the investigation. Thie information whiich he had derived fromt the view he hadtaken of the premises convinced him that it was absolutely necessary. The names of the juirors were then called over, and when they were sworn, Thomas Watson was called, who statedI that he lived in Great ~uffblk-street. Sotuthwark. iMr. STStPHENT suggested to the Coroner, that as Mckl. Noel hadl expressed his intention to bring actions, none of thewitnesses who migh hAfterwards proceeded against in those actions. shoulil be askeld questions which could tendl to furnish evidence against them- selves. The Coito'wTi expressed his perfect willingness to meet this suggestion, as far as he could conisistently with the object of the in- q11i tion, whilch was to procure ai fulfl account of the events which occasioned it. The witness then proceeded to give the following evidence : -I am a sheriff's officer. b ad been specially appointed an officer by the sberiffof Harts, under a warrant in execution for 5361., against Pa. nric). Connally, upon a ca. co. I have not the warrant now abouti mie. WVhen I reached Rabley.house (oa the 31st of December, 1823), I went to the front dcor and knocked ; the servant-maid, now in custody, openedl odle of the first-floor wvindows in the front of the hFi8tse. I 2shked her if Cniptain Nestor was at hom-e. She said, "WCr I asked when they- -expecewd him home. I diid isot knowr CapL,i mNestor was the owner of the house, hut I undertood he resided ihere. She said she did not know when he would be hoairy She had not seen him for ten days, and she thought he wag- '-areland. I then asked if Mr. P. Connolly was within. She said she dlid not know such a peron, and had never heard the name. She then ~iut dowvn the window and quitted it; I turned aia,and went into the road again. I went to M3r. Cannon, who was waiting for vie: he rema3rked,"I Here's a man watching us over the pale. I went up to him and walked through thie gates, while Mlr. Cno asked hin atbout some horses that were for sale. The man who was lookiucr over tbe.pales is Hugh Mloran ; he is now in custody. This was farther up the lane from the house, beyond the kistchen door, on a line with the front of the hneise; a part of this paling. is broken: it is about 30 or 40 y-ards from the honse. 'While MVr. Cannon was taking to Moran, I walked to the hackt of the house, where I found the outer door open. There are two little dloors which close; they were laid back, the inner door, which is slight, and the upper part of which is of' glass, wvas shut. I put my foot on the threshold and rapped gently. dIr. STEiPHEN here repeated his objection, because it was evident thazt if the witness proceeded lie wouald furnish information wvhich mnight be used against himself in the action which Mlr. Noel had thri-atened. He therefore requested that Mlr. Noel, and all other Peronls, except th -jury, should quit the room. Mlr. NOES, disclaimed any threat ; he acted only in pursuanCe of Captain Nestor's instructions, and upon the trial of that action he must support it by other evidence than that of thewitness now under examination. He alluded to the cae of the inquest on the body of P'ra-nces, who was killed at' Knighitsbridge, in which counsel had been allowed to attend and cross-examine the witnesses, avowedly ibr the purpose of foundinlg uoii that investigation some future poroeeding - and he contenAdedthat he had a right to he p resent. Mlr. STEPHEN would be understood to object, not to Mr. Noel". presence, but to materials being collected by him, as well as by ~others, which wouldl be prejudicial to the witnesses on some future 6occasion. ~Th(3oro?srndidnotseeanly other means by which he could ~mak tht ivesigaionwhih Iis uty presrbed, ithan by a fuli ~exainaion f te wtneses.He ad nothing to do with Actions tc ~eheraftr bougt: lie terefore over.ruled t'. aobjection. %~-TheRev di. EWC0MSSE. a Magistrate, said he had a. questior jco za Mr. oel, hich,if he would answer it ex 'isctv woul showat ncewheter e oght to hpe present orno. M.oeex pntdhs perfect raiesto answer.) Mlr.Necmetnasd him wehrit wa ntby his advice, conitained in a letter, that re. sistanc had been ofrdto the sheriff's officer. Alr. NoEt. denied most unequivocally to have given such advict by letter or otberwise.. The Rs.. Mr. NEw Cosenx said that his information had hoer. -~ eceived from Mr. Noel's Own client, Mirs. Brown, which, indeed. went so far, that hie tbought he should he justifiedl in taking Mir INoel ti aS a party to the crime which had been committed. MrT. VLNTER, another Magistrate, corroborated this statement. The CORONER had heard somiething of this before; but unti some specific charge should ha nivAde aginstr. Noel,he could on13 look upon hiim as an individual whorhd s much right to be in this. which was an op,en Court, &$ any other maan. - Mr. NxwcoarilE did not intend to go the lengthi to which hi -thought he was enltitledl to proceed, and h... 1Mr. Noel taken up, but lie desired he wouldl leave the room. * dIr. NOEL thought this speech was really not worth a reply ; and after some further unimPortant altercation, the examination was re- *The witaess said-I tapped gently at the door, when Airs. Browe tamne forward, and, speaking through the glass-door, said that wai -her house. The same servant was with her who had before looked -hut of the window and spoken to me. Amrs Brown askedl me whal I wanted? The outer dtoor was now open; I mean the folding dloors. M'llr. NOEL asked the witness if hehad ever been a sheriff's officez Wafre ?-The wvitness replied he had not. Hie had been the keepei ;ofa coffee-house in St. James's-street ; but the persecutions of a re. la-tion had reduced him to distress, and he undertook the job 01 <arresting M1r. Connolly to procure the means of supporting his pa. -rents, who were in poverty. LThe witness was so niuch affected by tie explanation which he found it necessary, to give of his own ctr. curmstances, that he was, unable to proceed wit], his evidence, and was desired by the Coroner to retire.] W. G. Cannon, clerk to Mlr. Stephen, King's Arms-yard, Cole- mnan-street, was then called, and being swnrn, deposed as follows:- -On Tuesday the 30th December la-st, I issued, by Mlr. Stephen's 'direction, a ca. sa. into Hlerts for 56111. against Patrick Connolly. on - he following morning, accomnpanied by dir. James Dignam and ,Thomnas 'Watson, I proceeded througth fHartford, (where I oh. tained a warrant upon the car. Ca. direited to Thomas WVatson) to Rlabley-house. On alighting from the chaise, Mr. Dignamn crossed the fields towards the betck of the house ; Watson walked right up to the house, and I followved himn to the outer gate. After waiting .there for about a minute, 11ir. W'atson came to me, and stated that he had apphed anid had seen a servant (the witness here repeated the testimony given by yatson on this point.) While he was speaking to me, I 'saw Hugh Mlorau, who, on catching my eye, withdrew. Mr. Watson and I followved him, and I inqire t him if Captain Nestor was at homer etodn ta e was not, and he didl not know where he was, whether in England or Ireland. -I then asked him if Captain Nestor liad not a horse for sale at the Bazaar; he replied he did not k-now. I inquired if MNrs. Brown was at home, and whether I could see her. He said, she was, and he -wouild ascertain if she would speak to me, and then walked towards the house. Mir. IVatsoni and I went to the house, and at the kit. -chen-door, which was shut, I inquired of a female servant who was standing on the outside of it, if' I could scee Mrs. Brawn she said ~she would see, and, went towards the front of the house. Air. WVat- !son and I went towards the'back of the house,and found thle folding. - doors, leading into thehall, open. An inner'door,the uper part of '?.hic wa co~oed of glas6,was shut-Airs.Brown immediately came - tothisdoo,andwitout opening it asked us why, we wishied to see hter. 'I oldhertha I adbeen informed thlat Captain Nestor had a horse ~nstheBazarforsal,ad I should be glad to learn upon what terms it wasto e skh.Shereplied, that she knew nothing about it ; ~h~l sh wa alne nd nurteced;that the whiole of the property 2..-4h hosewasundr larcar, ad tatshecoud ot admit us. 7Kv.Waton h#n tatd, hat r. hares Jmes ofRegent-street, t iilreusd imk to n procee from sont nly.ose, to ihforn dir. atrik Comnol_, that some trilmsoruehad befallen ~him which rendered his priesence in tow imediately necesary. Mrs.~wosatCdhiatfr.Connollywano there, and that she l "ewfpecsrndf that name. M1r. Watsn oserved, that was v'ery .strange, as he bail been informed by the family in Regent.strect, th 'T~,-ConnolU~ was at- Rabley-hiouse. iIrZ. Brown, said, "1 I dos ki'ow him: indeed I don't. I scarcely know the family in -Regent-street ; I bave visited there hut once or twice." Mlr. VWat. ion then said, '1fI'm a King's officer ; I have a warrant for the ar- rest of Mir. Patrick Connolly, and I r:3uest you to open this door Ohat Iniay executm! t., Ha then produced the warrant. Mrs. Brown ereplied that she could not think of opening the door; that Mi. P. .;onnolly was not there, and that she knew nothing whatever of him. ~t.4t ls moment I caught a glimpse nf MVr. ConnolIIy (this was about ialf.pa~; o'clock). and I said to the officer, " There he is I" The r;fcer th6e'N~id tome, " Shall I break open the door " sari I said ,16bhim, "Do o by all means." Pliekicked against tile door ? and n-r the yiolence of the'-,shock a pane of glass was displaced. Con. .'~ollfy instantly rushed up to the door, and called ouit to the femnale ~ ~vanwbowistiningbyhim, " Bring me the spit." Shebroiugbt -it to hiniistantly.1 jebran ished it,and swore by the Holy Jasusthiat he~ would-run itinltO the guts Of the first man whio should enter. lie then called out " Bring Lsp tle- maen." Two men then cam,a up firons the stable-yard. l, w_as then-, staniding at the back door. (The Co. roner did not thiiik 0 from his aec.olleetioa of the preistises that a per- son standing_there cold see into the atable-yard~.) Tim~e weitness con. e!luded theVv-cmethneroth ictn l hcteyaprd Alr. Connolly told them to fetch the piteliforks. .They went away, and quickly returngd with the pitchforks, one of which was handed to ConniolU throug the broken pane of glass. I knew the men; they were iltgh IV'oran and Edward Trayers, I think it wa3 the latter wbo -handedlip the fork. Connoly then halloed out tothe men, " These are idamned rascally sheriitl' officers come to arrest me; damncthem, run the pitehlhrks into their b-y guts." Trayers stood ;7ith the ritce.fork iQ his hand ready to charge. 1 do notknow whether he received the lork from Moran. I have snme recollection ci his looking doW4 hecelar,andesying, t Her's another fork." -<Watson was then stnndiuwon the steps, and did not prevent time handing in of the pitchfork dir. Connally then made a desperate thrust with the pitchrk. The door was then co ed, and he thirust at Watsoa throughlsbe hole which had been broken in the qlass Watson stepped back, and said, ' He has woundedme in the side." Lr. Connoly said, Damn you, I wish I had kiled you," I then went a short distance from the house, aid hailed Mer. Diguam, who came up. As he approached the door at which Connolly was still standing, Connolly t'rist at h - through the bToken paaue of' glass. MIr. Dignam drawing hack. said_" I'm wounded ;" he added, "I'111 go for assistance and went awav." Directly after. wardq CcnnoDy said to Hugh horan, " Go en 5;r. Bartholomew's nfd borrw his ng uts ,andbD e suvre y ouor inngitiloaded." Connolly then acampng rascals., I'll ahope siX men rather than he taken."- - -1 then followed Hugh Moran that Imight inform th'e person of sahomn --dlI c ttn wsta to bp. bolrowesi for what 1mr,ose it was to be used. three miutes aferwardsI was w lkgi the fronoft,adH h Mora caie wihina fe yars ofme:he hield othiha,whh was fille w?ith bltsor ~lg.He rattled theai ishn n said, "1Laook here, there'slny 1la for you." About tweor three minutes atterwards EwrdTarscame round to the front- of the house with a pitchbfork nhshn. He said to me, "4Youi hiad better go; I have put many a d-d sona of a b- ofa Dab- lin police-officer to the rout, And will serve you so before the nilght."1 I wias alone at this time. I told him it was imprudent to use such language, and that he had- better be perfectly quiet. lie said, it Oh no, I'll he a--.... if I do," and went off. About a minute afterwards I weilt to the back- of the house, where I found Mr. WVatson, Hugh MUoran, aud Edward Trayers ; Hugh MAlrtn then bad a gun in his hand, which he levelled alternately at Mr. WVatson and myself. Connolly called out to him, "P -n them, shoot them ;" and to Edward Tnayers he (Connolly) said, "1Stick them, and toss their-boaies into thepond." M,r. Watson told themn to, forbear, that heo was in the execution of his duty as a Kcing's ofli- cer., and that it would cost them their lives if they obeyed s'uchi di- rections. ConnoUy then called out, " Shut up the doors, and you Mloran wallk backwards to the door, with the gun presented at your shoulder".-(meaning with the gunp'oioted to wards as.) At this time Connolly was within the door. Mrs.BrownhAnd the-femnale smrant were standing near him. I don't think they were taking any active part Thy wre taningstil ad slent. The folding-.dooms were ran topas te gn n trouh he ellr indw.We did not at- temp totpk thegumfro Morn. rayrs as Teady to charge us By aJurr.-Wen e wet ito Brthlome'sbouse, we gave notce,beeusewe henundrstod hatno gun was to be bad there. Mora son afer ot i thoughthecellar-window, and they, all cloed p te suttrs Shrtl afer r.Connolly appeared at the ed gun,n said he would shoot any ma h tepe oarrest him-habe valued his liberty too muc tbeakn Mr. Wat- son said, "1You can't intimidate rme, Mlr. Connolly. Ilam rot to be deterred froma the execution of my duty by any threatq that you may use" Mr. Connohll turtned to himn and said, " By the Holy Sa- viour of the world, l'll shoot you dead if youi don't instantly quit the premises." Mrs. Brown and the female servant were at this time with Connolly at the window. Mrs. Brown said, " Anid-I have a second Distol, andl if his fire does not take effect, I'll shopot that"1 I said to Mlrs. Brown, "1 You makta Yourself aparty to the-illegal acts committeelby Mir. Connally, if vo se such language; you liad better not do so." I saw no pis- jol at this time. I then Wrent into the lane, and met, a short dis- tance from -the >diouse, a p,osse of constables, one of wbom told~ mc that they, hadvibeen sent by Captain. Heard, -(fCaptain Heard, one of the jury, here said that he had not sent themn. It appeated, after, that they were sent by AMr. Dignam.) I told them that an assult had been committed upon 31r.lWatson' the officer and another upon M1r. Dignam. Mir. Dignam was slightlywounde; under the thumrb. I then directed thie men (the posse. which we had met) to break into the house. MVr. Connolly, who was then at the same window I spoke of last, called out, "I~ If you do, by God T'll shboot vou ;" andl tlie men hesitated to obeyrmy directions. Ilhad nowarrait to break in at this tine-a I then went roundI to the front, and stationedl the wren there I omitted to state that before this Mlr. Connolly camre to one of the first-floor 'witiows in front, andI showing a gan, a powder-horn, and a handIful of bullets and slugs, said, Ihave plentv of ammunition, and by God I'll put somne lead into you be- f-ore-I've (lone with youi." This wa.5 before I went into the lane. I saw Mlr. Connolly at one of the front windows after I had stationed the mien. lie came there, and addressed himself to the constables. le said, "1Gentlemen, I'll give you a history of the whole of this transaction." He then related several circumstances and r.aid to them I was a legadatre's clerk, and that lie would giv-e theme.gainea each to withdraw. ?ha circumsntanceshe related were relative to his connexions with Mlr. Atndrews, whom he designated by several epithets of " swindler," &-c. He concluded by alluding to me as I have said, and by ofrering a-guinea to each of the men to withdraw. By this time Mlr. Dignamn arrived, and I went with him to the magistrate (Mfr. Winter) to obtain a warrant against Connally for thie assault. The magistrate sent forthe constable (John Grainge), and directed him to beinz-hisbrother(thedeceased)andotherassistants. They, came,and James Grainge wait s:worn in-special constable for this occasion. Themagistrate furrilshed him (James Grainge) with an axe, antl the party proceeded to Rabley-house. James Griange went to the front of the house. I am noi sure that the warrant was directed to James It waus given to him, bitt directed, I believe, to his brother Jlohn. James Grainge 'went,as I said, toD the front door. M1r. Connolly called out, "WNVho's there ?" Grainge replied, "TJhe constable of Sheniley-hill. I have amagistrate's waTrant for the apprehvension of Patrick Connally, and I request that the door may be opened, that I moay be able to take hims." Conuolly replied, " It shall not be opened, and ifyouaattempt to take me,I'llUshoot you."I Grainge an- stwered, "1 hiope not, Sir-don'ttbe rash-govern your passion." I did not- hear any other voice inside the dtoer at this time. Con- nolly ans% ered, "I'll shoot vou, by God, if you attempt to enter.", (Prainige replied, "Pray don'.t, Sir, I am a constable, and ltv a ma.. gistrate's warrant, and'I hope-you will open the door for me." Con- nolIy answered, "-I 'will not." Grange said, " If you won't, Sir, I realy must break open the door" Connll said to this, "If you do I'll sboot youidead.' twas now datk. He(ragetntuedrul to me, and asked me-do you thiink I have acted in an officer-like manner ? I told, him I did, and dirfected him to force the door. I dlid not hear Grainge read the warrant at the door. I do not think it was read. Connally desired hima to put the warrant under the door. Grainge said he 'would not dlo that, but that if he would open the door, or bring a light, he wrould read it to him. Connally would not do this, and G~ramn"e could not read it : it 'was dark, lie ex- plained its contents to tim, and said, it was a warrant signed by Mr. hitr, te mgistate fortheapprehensiotn of Patrick Conall, franassulton r. i~nm.There were no person, 'wit lihtsabot te plce t te tme.If-there - were any, I munst hav sen tem.Theaxewasthe giento Grainge. I2 do not knowwho rouht te ax. Ihear themagstrate say that an axe shold e gvento he onsabls. hi wasR n nsequence of my kain sadta was afraid resistance 'wudbe offered. 'I ase,befrI lef lr. Winter's, whether any of the inen hadl gtteaxe ? anid oe of them said he had, and 1 did not ma'ke any frh*inquiry about it. [Air. WVCNTERt, the M1agistrate, who came in at this part of the evidence, stated that he gave no axe to an)yof them, but he knew they had an axe from his house.1 Whten Grainge received the axe, he began to batter the door, and several apertures were made in thie upper part of it, throughi one of which a gun wasadischarged from theinside of thehouse. Not three seconds elapsed after the first stroke wa-s made, when the gun was fired. I could not discern by whom the gun 'was fired. I was standing close to the door. The aperture made was about an. inch and a hall wide. I saw through it that there were lights inside. A person stading in front of the aperture might have been able to discern the person who fired the gun. (lirainge said, "1You litve shot my arm off." Tie axe then dropped fro)mhis handls, and he reeled from the step of the door. Bloth his hands were raised at that momient, in the act of striking the door. He had struck the door with the heed (pole) of the axe. I then with some otherz, assisted the wouLnded mnan off. In about 8 or 10 mninutes afterwards I heard another shot fircd. From the sound, I judged that it proceeded from one of the 'windows on the first floor. I did not see the flash. I then continued to wralk in front of the house. I lieard Air. Diguam say, that he thought the second shot was fired at him. Soon after this, someper- son said the officer was wanted. I asked 'who wanted him. Mtrs. Brown said. "1I do." Mlr. Wiatson went and asked what she want- ed. She said, " I wishyou would withdraw the inen, Connally has eced"Mr. WVatson asked who fired the gun ? Mrs. Brown replid," onnoly,ad he 'went off immediately afterwards." I could not see Mrs;i.MBonat this time,but1Iknew her voice. Some time after I sent to Barnet for a constable, and he not having arrived in time, I consulted with Mr. Newcombe, whether it was not better to mnake another attempt at the door. I went round and knock- ed, and MVrs. Brown asked, " Who's there ?" I told her that I held in my hand a warrant, signed by Mr. WVinter, for the apprehension of Mr. Connolly. I obtained this w,arrant from the hands of James Grainge, alfter he was shot. I told hier the 'warrant was, to apprehend Mir. Connally for an assault upon M5r. Dignam, and that in the execution of that warrant a ca- ital felony had been committed, and I requested her to open ' the oior, that the person of Mr. Connally might be secured. S he told me that she 'would not open the door-thaot 11r.Connolly ha escaped. I said to her, that if shc 'persisted in refusing to open, we were re- solved to force it. She said it would be useless to attempt to take Mlr. Connally, that he wvas a desperate man, and would resist to the -lat Mr. Newcombe then recomnmended her to open the door; and he told her that if necessary the whole force of the county would be raised. Mlrs. Brown replied, that she would speak to Air. Co0n. noll1Y, and endeavour to prevail upon him to sutrender -himself, but that hehad a gun and powder and sliot, and that she knew it wouild be useless. Shortly afterwiards she came to the door, and said that Mir. Cornnally would.8surrender, but to no other than Mr. Newcombe, and thatthe was to enter the hou,se alone. I toldlVMr.Brown to open the door. She did so, and M'lr. Watson and I entered th'e houxse, followed by.6Mr.Newcombe. Con-nolly instantly came down and surrenidered himself. Propsting, the constable, then arrived, and made search for thefemale.servant. She could not be -found. Propsting found the gun in a cock-loft. Ilexamined it,and it was.-primed and half-. cocked. l shook out the priming, and the pan appeared as if it had beeni recently discharged. I examined the barrel, and about three inches down from the muzzle, I found a bullet or something like it. I brought the gun down stairs and.delivered it to MVr. Newcombe. Soon after Hugh Moran was brought in - in custody of Propsting, and conveyed to Mlr. Winter, where the dicoositions were takcen. This isal lIknow. tThe depositions of this wvitness wereireadoncea over to himi and he signed thern.1 Thormas WVatson was then called in, and his excamination re,. sumed. The Coao0yEra d-irected the depositionis of the last 'witness to ba recad oyer, whic'h Watson mainly corroborated. He ten rocededWihen I asked Mfrs. Brawn to admit me, shesai inrepy, ha sh. hd rceiedthrough a frienld of hers ain expessfro Mr Nol, he oliito, apriingherof 'what 'was'to hapen,andcauionng er ot o amitanyone p nrduce~dm wnran t, and wead part of it. The servarnt mralf said Brnlrs ro vn was rather deaf. I then began again, and read louder, holding itso that shle might also read it. At this time M1r. Cannon said " There heis !" I looked beyond Mlrs. Brown towards the innerroom, and saw a maii. I had uever seen 3Mr. Connolly before. I said to lVr. C:annon, "Are you sure that is the man." I said this loud enough, I think, for Mlr. Connolly to hear. I said " I' you are sure that is Mr. P. Connolly, I wilproceed to take him." flesaid it was. Tlhe CoRoNxt asTedby what means hrs. Brown told the wit. ness she had received the intiniation alluded to froml Mr. Noel ? Witness.She said by an express. M1r. STXpiR-x now repeated his objection to Mlr. Noels being present. Th*e COiONER thought, as the statement was now made by a winiess on oath, that Mlr. Neel had better retire.- IIr . Nosu said he should bowv to the Coroners decision, buthe again repeated. that he had never, by letter or messagei or other- wise, comrtmunicated with Mia.Nf Brown on this' subject. _,He then The witness resumed. I requested Mrs Brown to let me into the house peaceably, that I might take Mlr. Connolly. She replied, that there w7as no pezrson in the heuse but herself and her servant, and she hoped I would pseno violenc I said r should be sorry to do so, but- muatiF shad still refused me admittance, I then re- ferred. to 3Me. Canunon, anO-said, under these circumstances rmuat liroceed to-armst 1(iir. Ciofnlly; he said "By all means." I then gave the door a smart kick at the bottom. MIr. Cannon again iden. tfied Mlr. ('onblly, wlho now a Feared. I said, " Ilr. Connolly you are my prisoner." I produce - mvwarrant again, l1owed-it-an-d read a part of It oto hiu, and -aid-, "I arrest you; you are'smy ori. soner," He them -broke out into. rveral dreadful naths-called rie s --dythief,- aiitdoth6r-low exy. Me70s acd said, "BBingb easpit- and I'll mn it thi-6u hhisbody." The maid.servantdisappdaF;d-and very shortly r:uMe rsit4a spit, Hepreiented tie point to ale, =a iaid, '1 xtowi-jou.d t oe ilyan?Ay tew ae of some inyd lkrguago.to coo th in. I said. "''i a'm-liioffoeVr. and I hopeyou won't go to extreoles I am in tlX,cMtioa oflegal aoe, y wo t o you Say,"' Worda to thaienecti b,ouy,t,st, ndhanded it. through the hro)kn ibias.'I:did-uot. tlinlc It -conaietent with my:duty to ta.re it from -h1im.' .Mr. Cpnnolly ..then laid down the .8pit, and tool ui 'the roik t`lli,n me that if I carre he would run it milto m,y b-y gute ..E told him I'was without arms, aud begged, he woild atcoolly. I turned, one side to speik to Mtr. Vannon, and hile I was doing so, he thrust the fotk at ima, and wounded -ic under the shoulder, not materiilly, but it wen't thteagh ycothes. I saw it coming, ana Spzung backt or I bellevilt ivould hive woundd me worse. It penetrated both my.coats, my waistcoat, the wisthaud of mybteecnes, andmyshirt. Ithensaid, Conbouhy youhavewouid,. edme." He said, "1 'mgladofit; Iwish I hsdkilled yol." Mr. Cannon said, " Watson, are von much hatt ?'-' I said I dia not knoW. Alr. Cannon then called Diisnam who came 'tup. Connolly thrust the fork out at him several tini6, callling himit " y Dignanr. Oh, you b-.-y tbief; irforrer.s' Mfr. Digar.m then went away very quickly. l eould not tel wh6therlewasavrounded, nor did be stay to infoEm me. ir. Connolly then calledbutto Bugh to go to gartholoniew's, and bertow the gun, and to be sure to bring it1d. ed. The man went awayj and shortly afteT returned with a gun, anad a servant (Trayers) whom I had seen on thepreuiises. Trayers had a-pitchfork. 1stoodon the green. The tworhen advanced towards- me, Mloran with the-gun levelled at ute, an-l Tiayers with the pitch. -fork. Connolly aUled out, "Shoothimn, d_ him; stick him, and throw him into the pond.' MIr. Caihnon, I-tbinl, waspreseatno*. I extended my hand to the rren, and. told- them if they were influenced by Mr. C onnolly's -advice, ind- tool;my life, thev would be sure to lose their own. The gun was then given through the cellar-window and ConnoDy afterwardsiappeared at anpoter window with it in his hand, and tepeated his threats. I tawvhim, -I think, putting the hammer back to look at the priming. I reman. strated with-him, and told himn thi UDotld not quit mv sMt. 'He said, "BY Jasus, if voU don't be ot I'll shoot you." lesaild, " If you stop here til drk, I'll shoot. you for a robber." I a gainre- quested: him not to shoot. Hugh AIoran tf.enk apptied at the corner outsidethe house, with something in one and1d I -think a1 owder.horn, but lwon't swear toit), anda fong-bladealinieabout! Y2inches in length,iand pointed, and sgid, "Ifyoudon' gb off the premnisesyou ale a deadman.Trayers was witihim and said tbe same. lsaid," on'tt alk nortsense,you Rsnrs not shoanrMe."orafi weatinto the cellar-window -and soon afterw&rds appenpd at another wintdow with a powdernorn in his hand, whic hi shook tSd then, lturning something out of one hand into t e?ther, said, "1 have got plenty of ammunition so kill 20 of you." - aid, "If therewere 20 Connolys in the house I wouldn't .leaYe lApXost - nor if -a gun was p resented fromn every-window, I ahosl iev,N leavethehouse untll took him." Mrs. Brown was thenMAb-he window with afe- male servant. One of the females (I 0anototillblieh-,: forWthen I thoaght that Connoly>lyreU mneant ~t:bi sn-e,,Lxfisd to the 7paling, out of the reach of- the -Ann if it was JoAdOd with shoe, and if with ball,- ihinkhig itv i.ouild prbably miss me) then said, "iff his gun- g4ots nat f.teff'eet, she would lire ai pistoL, or the pistol." I then aisked. Connolly if he was ever shot at himself. He said ." Yes, by Jasus, three times in one day." "Well (said I), were you not afraid?" "No," he said. iThen," said I, " wvhy d you think I 4m ? I don't believe you are a bmve man, for they never make such a noise about things. I think when 1 twckle Yhou, you will hang your head down like n dunghill cock, and I s all lead yoa away like.a lamb with a bit of silk riband round your -neck." He laughed and sneered ai tbis. 'l'he witness went on to mv, that when the war- rant arrived he approached the door with Orainge and others; the gun was put through the door and fired. The witness then -de. tailed the attempt to force ope the door, - and the firing of the gan through it, in nearly the samie words ss the last wit- ness. Wbhen . Ir. Newcombeentered, I went with hi m and arrest- ed Atr. Connolly. He said he would surrender only to 11Mr.- New- combe. Some conversation then ensued between AMr. 'Neivonsbe and Ars Brown, as to the impropriety of resisting. She said it bad been done in consequence of Ar. Noel's advice and instrctions. The witness was asked by Nr. STEPHEN' why be kad used 111r. Charles Jaines's name. He replied,because he uinderstood Mlr. Con- nolly knew that person. Ihr. STEPHEN said he asked, that it uight be explained to the jury, that the gentleman mentioned was in fact Ifr. Charles James Connolly, the brother of i1r. P. ConnoUy. The deposition was the read over to the witness, and signed. James Dignam, of Newman-street, Oxford-street, a soicitor, wag then caUed. He begged in the first place tQ state,that he had been induced to accompany the officer on this occasion only at the request of Mr. Stephen, with whom he had beem a fellow-clerk in the office ot Messr. Ynye and Freshfleld, and who knew that he was ac- quainted with Mr. P. Connolly's person. He baridto other rea- son for going than to oblige- Mr. ,Stephen. He then con. firmed the evidence of the two last witnesses so far as-he was concerned, and added that therewere thtee shots fired, the latterwas a very faint reprer, and it struck hin: there were no shots in the gun. There was a long parley between iM2rs. Brown and Mr. New. combe before the door was opened, Mr. Ncwcombe told her that Mr. Connollyhad better surrender; sbe said she would endeavour to prevail upon him to do so, but she feared be would not, he was so a rate a man; she thought lie would not be taken alive. She wished he would, for he hab already caused her much troubl. Mlichael Cri ps, of Barnet, blacksmith and heedborosigh, deposed that he took hugh Ioran, who was lying hid in the gutter on the top of Rabley-house. M5foran had a gun in his hand. - The evidence being now closed at both sides, the Coso2mrt was proceeding to sum up, when Mr. NOEL enterei the room. He said he would then, with the permission of the Coroner, ixplain the circumstance of. the cm-mu- nication made to lmrs Brown--or rather to Mir. Connolly. It wats highlygratifying to hint tohavethis opportunity. He had learned the particulars since he left the roomn. T1l,# Mfr. Dignamnhe did not know, but he had information, thaL-t Wias from a, nfesseger sent by him (Dignnm),mith a 1001. bill to be presented-for qayment% in order that a ground might be laid- for jssng w -coiinrssioir tif bankruptcy against him (Connollv.) It was this messenger who gave the information that a writ was out for the arrest of Air. Connolly. The messenger would arrive in the room in-ashort time, and would prove this fact. He (Mr. Noel) knew the object of the parties in making the insinuation which bad been mnade aganst hiin. The whole of this matter alleged against him (Mlr. N ;) was the work of Mr. Dignam and Mlr. Stephen, and they should hear of it. hr. STEP Ex said he did not think the remark of Mr. Noel, as applying to ilm, worthy of an answer; but if MIr. Noel persisted in throwing out insulting laguage and insinuations against him, he would clim protection fiom the Coroner, Mlr. NOEL said, that in the room he should say nothing against Sr. Stephen; but he would see Mr. Stephen any wherc out of the Court, to answer any tlning which he had to urge against him.. He (Mr. Nod) was thefather of nine children,.and he felt it hisaduty to them to defend his prefessional character from imputations which had been made against him. The ConowaE said, tbat of whatever might have'passed between ir. Noel and ir. Stephen at the other end, or out of the room,he knew nothing, but he could not allow any thing unbecoming or of an unpleasant nature to pass in his presepee. MIr. NOEL professed that he had no in;tention ef offering any thinz disrespectfulorunbecomingthe Court tobear. He3appealed to the coroner, whether-he had not on all occasons, wherd he saw him, acted as became a gentleman. Asto Mr.Stephen, ho had no. ing farther to say, but that he would be ready to hear any -thigg which he might have to object to him. lr. Stephen said, he would receive any communication which 1r.Noel might have to make to him any vwhere. MT. Stephen then The COROXEn. was again proceeding to sum up, when Mr. STEP11E2 returned to the room and said thathe was re. quested by Mr. Dignam to state, thatbe (Mr. Stephen) had -not re- ceived any communication from him as to the residence of Vr. ConnollU. The information came entirelvfrom another quarter. 'The ,o oxsER now went on with hii summing tup. After he had concluded,the jury retired; and after consulting together for an hour and a quarter, returned with the following verdict:-_" We find Patrick Connolly Guity of Murder in the first degree; and we find Hugh Aloran, Edward Trayers, Elizabeth Brown, and Ameli Alorgan, Guilty of AJhlrder in the second degree (as ac- cessories)."-The jury were then discharged. Itt was stated in the course of-the proceedings that the prisoners had been fully committed before this verdict.. In the course of the examination a gentleman entered the inquest- room, and announced himself as lir. Alinchin, of Gray's.inn, the agent of Messrs, Minchin and Son, of Gosport, who viere appinted I byM r. Cotinolly's famnilyto conduct his defence. He wsfrnish ed with a seat at the table, near the Coroner. I.iQUEST AT SHEAILEY. AFVEnD Av