Irish Assizes.
The Times, 1824-08-11T00:00:00

PattickMeawadJr Meae(1rtti)o&oi ree, -wer inicte fo ettckigaheeug ,~f~'H~q,and for thel interest truotehc ix ,4r6 gs ejrywett at length wr.'- Mr. SeWallt'Go yLTi4w lcediog.counBeeL-f&ittr;tiiCrs'``. ii, tcatd The first wrltntxtmforithe -i3rbwn-.w4s then examined. . Oliver- Fitagerald-4ctows -the priionersa; recollects t.he rdszht tha't Fdajor Hare *46 sbbt iti w~fabQutX,;ndIemasj 18; witwess saw the prisoner-s't ontheLdas. .befbrq that ,night:- saw them at tbe'yace. course of Ptatbkealii; they aeistihW, l,ef&ethat to m-eet"fo go to AMr..Cole 's, to .takoe'twmit; vritnesti ~nd, the priison rs proceeded frorni the lifhi..kilin, aerpas the og, to lr., (copleys-&; the p;ntv,, every one of t!henaj y,ere, anw~ed ;, they arie. i.~otai~ t (l ley's .they defnacWed hil rs , qai ifrey wAig themi onlyor some time, ana woald ,ro~~rIr4htbeis *Thrown., '6th Iead Dv Donovan, Patrick 4IJznanie~ andiMwtnias w ci h altr r.j Copley wient-outwitbitli party:t6iete~iye lhsed the pantry; whentit Wet0 *ant'Jae,tatn.i rser was breaking the -window.:- R,!h. -arnms were. 4ucdinoti~ h party. They lcft[:CopJeS,esn's1 prnceedd hotwrsiO he way home itwras 3ioos4-by oniie- of the IV'~t ToeUa 13'' house to tak* refsM ezln=&. theyagereed, an byw Lte; onle of the party called at the door, and thre~e 6 tfhotumett(ri* ley's caine out.- T-hey wcin?br.-e,totbers. of the .rw~~te took the party. Into a- barn ;tfio, bi.oi'"hl, put somepTte n rmeat thie party laid by thsir asri~. TfsCra*leys ihdto-a' some; the j,arty deairc4' thein to Ire'4rms for tlf'emitdlveq -it was agreed to go to'11ajor Bare's, and'ftey 0dIpi6iiepied thore, except David Donovan,- *ho. ght tired ait the w~ay. 'Tto'of the Crawleys. And two_strarnge bbya, joined1. them, 'ahAd Nvelft *It-h them to Majpr'Ilare's- It *vai,nig i~ they. wen; routid the hduse, and found the 'lower windlovs: in front barred ; thej' ent to the rear of' the house, and discovere-d a -wirddsv which Wlas riet barred ; thlky. broke that windaw, aind alletrd, t ~ei:4 ttI prG2hr (o~ne and the two etrange menv theby remTaiqedu :a Ntles; 6Te lli vered aL raoon on dic right hand as ,hywdi5adfua na in bea ther.. He balyled.out,nand-s.dhra gvn.at.Te Lft a mran over hitrt, and the vet- occeupsiir,uti,te c~ame to the aecoad. .Igbhv. therehe.odadorn'I.ilt hiand, and a do o i~ et h rs f M at"e~'u jir witnessi, and they went iato the'ropn tTeigthud;te ed as itsess came up, that there w~nt hlg'ntdio bu t n empty'. bed. As witnrss turned round, the opposite doo'r 'WM. o~eed; ma,,n came ouat at tbe door lu big shbirt anld.niizht-cap, 4pd presented. a gun at lilm.-ourbl,'aih, enpi gt. iiAdI 'fire. Keh'll drew back into theroom tisttois a4t1c gun be had, anti followed the-man.' Withess threw away the guni tf. sitrive to catch him Itf he-could.. Jtut as he opeiWhf3 Veahed.ehwber' door he mnadv towards.waiucisx struck himi with agun, anrd cut btmi, in the forehlead ; wimeosvcauglii the mnan in. hi arTiazs, the n6xt man that came wh,to'!'eistanee war Arja; M4r .iit rt P-r 91grin4f hig hant.n4 and witness tools-it hiru; Iiiim.%pes's found Iik'Ie coveired withi blood, and grade a~ punch with th guin at wns,!reft sl'e; lie, caught hold of stef-- gun. a- seqond ftie; t4en-6te prssohdr Patrizck't .Al nane stepped bece aid shot Majr Hiire botft tile Mij6i' 'add wi'ness at the -time had-,hold, of'the gun ; wJtijess r.iiffitrid itlirtey framnthe shot; 5al nine1'are'lfell. 8she was falling, the pi~fs0rftPi trick Manaine struck him with'the but,edd nf the.gu n; somfe mcoTe of the party'afler that got armis; witness belIeves' that they'rgot the arrrs above stairs; then they wrent down stairs; witnessryeniiiitiOr ii the lobby ; when he went gown, the -party had, a cadle 11iglttltsg witoess told themnthat hin hat xemained abovq,, sor that bie wintd to sto for it; he asked onec of.tjern. to go idth him; Jatlici 31anaih' went witbh hun;they weutLupwherethey werebefor ; when they.'A.iIei to the Inbbv wheire Uajor ffare was stretchied dead, rrsi. flare was tin her hetchaimber; sheaaked wherebeeliusbr.ndwas,or washe dead?.One of them answered, thatihewas ziot.,theythenproceededfnththe bed. chamber, and demanded ammiunition from rs.1r. Xfnre; Abe thiought that it was money thoy aaked for; she saidI there wnt Very'little MO-. ney in the house; -they told her ItFvas not monoey,the '*ltter?, butt ammunition ; she drew ont the drawerzft. &id rnejne M anane a shot-pouchi; theme was somee shot fn it. TX'lien they Ieft the room; thiere -was a good deal of blood on his face at the time ; witness and Jamnes Manane 5then -ent donm 'stalirs; ott going down sBtairs, James Ilanane said, that there wa?9odne bloecd on him;- witness said, it wvas the first blood that was on him; bef-ore wiitnessl went down the firs eia he put-a handkerchief onl hig bead. The party go a ajor Har' ashort gun, agun that they considered a fowlin g1piecc, andl anohrgun with a home.made stock; witness does niot think that Gree ae into the house at till; be aw him o,itstide when they ecameout ; the whole party then went back- to Crawley's house. E-<amined by 51r. -J`.Acxoit.-WitneBs sitS there at his ae wiitness was presient at the murder;, no crime wisi more atrocious than murder; wittess knew that he had committed crimes, but not to hang 20 men ; witnegs came fromi America witnegs would take a man's life to savq his -own, If he met him in the night ; 'witness carried armas,to-- suppiress tyrants; -he went to Ame. rira to avoid bitter things, and to avoid' being an infor- mer ; witnests, from the persaecution he suffered two yrears, and to save his life, gives evidencee; witnes was token at Quebec ; he wias roade a prisonter thiere ; he miglit lhave been hanged it' he had dot become an informer, witness never wrote a scroll on the subject; he grives the detail from metaory.; witness had a short gun; they dis- trihuted the arms at Patrick Crruwley's, the innat te bar were ac- qtuaintanct.s or his; he kniew them) fromn his infancy ; he in6uld hang men he knew fromn his infancy to save hi's life - he would not damn his so'il to save his; life ; witness was nut so camor. the night of the trans;action as he is now : he was agitated thatt nfiht ; he was agi- tated -wheni the deceased fired, at him ; witness did ttot like to see himn deed ; he was not greatly crieved; the transaction took place itpwards of two yeas andl a h-alf ago ; witness wrius charged with other murders; he was charged with two. one ot' them was the murder of a man at Shtanagolder, andl the otel:e wvas thei murder of Gorman. Witness war charged with taking arms; hie was charged with attackingheknowa nothow manj habitutioor~;he wasin thu ser.'iee of Mr. Llord. Ile was not charged with having pawned? silWr articles that' were stolen at M1r. Hewson's ; he wras not charged, but ,ouzht to have hemw charged, withi stoppinig a post-boy at. Shina[gol. ,den ; he was. charged vitih hav-ing committed a robbery at the Cam- titans of Ratlikeat-e; the man that was robbed migh't have been threatened with being-shot, but bie-as not oii his knees. Hie robbed Mlr. Leakee of his gun, in May, 18t22; he went to AmerictL ; lie came back; anid he f'eareul that some of his accomplices were hanged on hi, return ; he-doss not think it -makes miuch difference in what way a man is mardered, wbetheg with a guni or a rope. Thei'e wais a nian of the name of Gleeson sh0t , he-s wab sot at night: tt'l'nesrswas not the mnan that waA charged .witbbaving shot him:; witness beard that there were charges sitide agaxinst t he 1prisoners under the Th4urrection ,Act ; when he left the comsntry. therte were charges agaInst them ; When he saw file tman deaJ, he aemanded powder from'.the widow to cosmmit moore crimes. -(lopley, Idq., reided at Ballynlougnh ; thecre were five or 'six rmen mm no hiiro on the night YLLofMajorare'jmutirder ; they demandedl anus; they toelt aims. tHlere the wit-tess de.scribed the ouantity of armst that had been ta%ken from him.1 They did Mlt sit dwn ;t.hey held, conversation with witiaea for 20 miniutes ;witnless now looke-d at the, prisonetrs;, be could nat s.wear that gkisy of tue prisr.ners were there.. Examined bY MVr. JACICSOe.-.It was immendiatelV after ine that the party came ; Airs. Copley was at table by hi, side.r WIiM . areas was at the races at Rathlseale ; he known that Patrick laniane was employed thecre by klr. Bleni'erhassett. 'There *ere Servants in his house on thb evening the house was attacked.'- Alia. Copley had enl equal opeotunty with witness. of seeing the. persons. fmrs Hare wndoe4f-ti ~lcened,examinied. "Wlitess recollects the night in January, 1022,.- whtn, heir lhoisewas attacked' rhte at.. tack was. maxde between' I I and 12 o'clock. Shec had retoreA to bed;1 9,he was awakebd-hyr noist coming from tfie stairs--tbe noise of-fetr. Shec awoke Mai r Hart by shaking him. 116.ran to the corner where his arms were- kept; eftckeil a guni, and ran .out -Witneass hearri him say," Whbatare yottadoing'there-,you rzascls ?" Tbei'eappeai., ed some persona outside theidoor, bursting thed db6r openi. There wasi - a short struggIs,and ashot was fired; thLere were arms it the bed.. room; they weret -emakena-wy byvhe. larty; afterthegshot Was firedl, oine entered 'the r-oost; -he arkod witness, hOW mUaniY gins there-were. ,she, told him three. .Oere.of tbe xcmes for acatudc, wvhich he-got; aftrer the canlle,wsurlightakl two men - cante to her roomn; one- of,1 Ititem was; shorter.thtt thme other ;. (hey deaired hier to give thm'fi ami.. mnittition ; she handed' she ammlunition to -,tbe shol't man olut of thie drawer of a dressing tulle,. whish she opuznedl: one of the- two melt was a pale horrid..lonkin,e wretch, with brlood'rin lils face: after tbecy gi)t i-he a-nnTimsiti.',rr. ty,etutil te room; a zfter they left -it, sihe beard one-sav. to-the, other, as thawv wetit-dewo stairs, th-at i'm my' blood;, witnesns eould-sor-strear te an& of (lie lierson.- Examined-br:Ui r. JIAcrso.ie-Tli bett.chainber dloor'cloteth after it vras 1`orcedopent-t,he Maior. was, inside the door'; shle had begged of bhin to lock the-d6or; hesaid"'no." leImdaeyslidom,h ,laor closea afterhirnianti thel)thoaitniggle tooDI place on theltobesy. She had no doutt4 but ithat ebh ichaxd the Mlajor say,. whten ha war.iet W"hat are "LT 4joing. thaen, you -rascals ?," She 'Ls itit su're., but .W1nks one of tha men-had a band-ctk:hisahad, Wvitaess wzinct at all ~andng t th vhrnbe,doo an perod f the'night; tiatln itnver'seSndl hav asked the'ru to spare her li]Fe -she Is -'trfc~ti"y- nccuratesa t ~'4st plqied ised bet,ween ,her and theo mien w ten they were going away i",ws the flow;*~ r and a&er all ,vas over 'lie came to they ere o~ ~ s~.cd-lf he, hadmurdler6d her hlts6 band;theyrepled, ' 'flnt rj,n "hI4 ver wl." She is quite surc thos wee te iem otl~..~om~it j-oh~acc t'et that. One of She cew blood thute-slie - neysbloay. Alir. John (!re ,-Winegg lives, at WVatervillc, wlIi'Ain a quar. icr of a mnile of M1i'.hre's h te went thecre the niglht 0Ot site nWttltzdr. W'~iti,ess waraW~in&l by-tlie voice ot' a person outsidet the windoti' r itprovedbto be the' ~stssnt oh 'M.,jor H-are FJc wrent to sthe-house a'md sa th.bdy 1fRjor- l~e,hre. eas dean; s he.bedy was quite coldi. Ife law a hiole in tids eight stide wbit'b appeared to have pro. cmeede from- ajlut'r-sldf woandt 'Witnes, knows thie prisonter P'atrick Muamne; was 'net ntoebiirts'natson of the prlsetter. Witness andI Major ~~VUcoclt te rcyiiresent HereMr. Ac.ose ob ected to the witneiz giving whiat the pri. sone sai inetriroe. ,TfteCourtallowed timeobjectiotn. Smit, chef cnstasief the Police atli1athkeale.-Witness heard of te iitied'r'o Maj~-flre. aind -proceededI to the: house tile fol- lowig m'rnin !mea.w'hle 6dy,it was lyi'ng on thze-bed ; hie shw -wounds on tite btotyiy they were gun-shtot W(ounod; thle W4D%nOl were o-'e oii tile rlghii hiinsltefsi the we'C aide., - Lie observed tlhe otark of a, bullet on tire riallbf 'the lobiby; he menvtred theiiark on the -trall with the place of thp wound on the body ; they exactly~ agreed is, poinit of dijilma-indrofitthe-grouild. TLiece were markcs- of bload. in tne lobby. anct scratches on tVhe boards, ai if there Abe) gret stugl hrg -.Wy d~-his -,.8ervations- of the m'arly4 'oni te bod N, V l'-jt b'lc ii y thai. -the shino entered- ont Wfangbr t aide: the~re 0~'9-n'4er baV tot'r st-Wounded- place.;.. the P.'eeoi1 Who fired 'ithe aIot- nijust tsa'-c steed - ot -th.e d1eor, of the rhnildeen'o ;opin; they examined the house -in-7orllir, to -ascertain where the pat iid ro i;h oMd.d -flme 3~umt'ery.wutadow~ 14th been brokdtv 'in> -+iiialso- lf~Otd' tha p h lock of th'e back.do6r tfon the ecuWe1r~ t6;thedtitbhn.h5d-bean torced_, there -wele, spots of blo nh mi ''id~erhn-h nIhesho fthil prisoners, pt'thi' 11 f 41li,e'hending ther - pme;tictirred trick AIanai4? tOt ~'tliey coaitmeat theIr psual.'6hon f`rom thle t1iofh ixdr tijti rquore roelhed 'the duumty 6f- e're arrest of i&irtegd u-n.itais5,"fa 'is .eatchi for 'thi' prsonerR (MAiiah6iY',ttbi1tte rriudeuim:mstc t li eor e searchl. ed t difl'-cnk tialev,lbit the were n6t to be oid - - - (3ross-eaund(Mr T& c~isace ane to Alutjor the risoers no ndtr~entnee f;,traitsp6beiiloi 'for ofl'encemu siadr th I~tt*redtilt,~eJ ftftf teir 1her4on-lit. Qie first-im-,, stance the) werK densderabe tim ;nishple we,Igo; -ilil's `is~ befoe te d'r~ nitlitf>tni pprhenson * -O~ie~Vtio, 'eld. Jion Act,M committed dter thc report of ilte appVehenzi0h or, Fitzgerald had reached this country. f J. kail, asolidenatt, sgore thtt lw-e apprehended, -bobh.-Pthe -pri- sonets (the lananes) at the hotse of one Power, at Shanagolden. He found thpm under a bed., Thieoccurred in Aril L .%Vlcn the witness apprehended thetn he asked them had thcl ty armW ? Patrick itiazlane 6aid they had not, and -he was sorry the god 1artn had beca given.up. He zaidiho:bad take. srwM _i i t stoutest nien in the ...... F, doorngiknhows-the sameptho. -in tho wbe--the untyeof.Care.;O,agt5e wn oeed.oman usired himfo rei ad apinrelr mn as to f alA her. Kintaskcdlfimn whther-. be, even bfioe,the'ietibdr V hr f ownnis a t,(aid heb& as ( .re.ne.at firn. atThe b3ck door.; There-were roim.teoEubplcat'tle.bkaP;;IhO$ri)e out-"-'The mar-it here5t 'The,,pris&icr thcn,wsithdrev,. itbcl Wei, intto the bed s wheie aBn eld snoman wras . .4iJ-itnC.9f docs -s "%nl xt unusual for -pedr man to feel abnnoye .ca-vvsit .grom.tiegpoLked he mifght-even -be etimpted-t rtm from abe-oliceco Qh .lc,ed t woman..r- (A ladgh.} ...;.- -- - . .- . -( -Patr lec Crawtkv ex:enined.-Wmit.nes was w unsiimoned on. the part Of the Crown, on this trial. Re heard;of the death, of Ma,jor Ha'e. He swear-, by the virtue-of hi4seath,.tbat t-e witness, ,D!iv'C FItz- gezaid, did not, on the nightrof the murder of.Najor HAre, or at any. othet tirre, comen to his house 4 he- knew potlbing of jyn-, Or .aty *such person; witness a farmner; .he hoW4s 40 aCre%.oflflld; l4e was *In.gaol three weeks, for no reason- - * ' - I *- - r(oexaminted.-sVitnessn two vears egot lived at A*ldtn lt;!1 US -brothers, Tom and- John4 have left -that placeb he toes iot know 'howP Idoi It is siBce ti,ey-went. away ;- .tle poligamep ,vetoog.o -them;: i f'wiistsss bl>ew whefc hts,bttethgs wer,c hc orogdd not *eu (A laugh-) 'He lieard of the report of-Fitzgerald's having been taken.up -iri Ametiea, it is 2 long.trnceagos ince he .hearinTt his bbthlers had egone awayl isnanth1 ;ago_I5 months-1d nontbo-.'twd yeArs, lie -Would net say anymore.- (A latsgh.) John- tok- a leap frqit tbe -gu11- as any roan in custodv would-- 'The learneCdiJUDnb then proceeded to rearge the Jury. ""it said, that they were called on to decide an arduous and mnomentous question, not olly sa it afficcted the-lives of the ,prisoners,l bu;the publicjustice of the country. It was for them. in the Brst. tIce,tq Aavy,howlfar the prisoners laboured.under.the.aifficultv of statblish. ing.theTr intioCcnce at this'tlistnnce of time., TiLy haa alsoto re'flect on this irnpSrtant point, that the principal eyid cre was that of an ac omplice, a persoh) guilty, by-his own canfesuion, of esno0tt eee7;V oflfence that could be tomrnivttd- against the laws ef ,06d-n ',a n n, - ,He stoodt before themn the o.,soss profligate, thte rucst ibaridaoutd; a most infamous character, that ever apeiare 'in a court- of. 31utIce. Depravetl as he was, the jury might- find again?at the araont,rs, eyqn- on 'hig uncorrohora,tedl testimiony,. but he w,onld advise thlea. ilot to do so. They would Jldge-how far his tesii mogy was dolr-oborated- by thst of others. rThe larned Jp'pgebeie,ent i ^tb a-reaves.6o theevidence at large, neticing as he went on- those,points whi,4 tehd4d to Ti,te a presulbption in. favour ofb thc unhappyptisonesrs. i-e ednciduded by saying that the cme-was-altogzther one. 'forth 3UrV to'dec'Tda; it if they nhould emtertain reasosoabIee:oubt,'of ehd prlaonerut'. guilt, uthy wvouh? c' tit them. : The Jury retired for about four autes, and retted. r etfhthc verdict<A.(sidy. . . .- . - . - -The prisonera heard the fatals verdict with awful solemnity, but with unshak.en firmness. The learned JtrnoD irmmTnedliately proceeded to pass sentence- thqt they shnuld be hanged on lontay, the 9th of August, at the c6ommon place of exedution, and " be hanged by the neck till you are ,dead; that your bodies be delivered up for dissection, and the Lord have mercy on your asuls. " 'Fhe prisoners eard this terrible sentence with the utmogt resig- rsation. The prisOner Patrick JMlanane, just as the Judge -con. clded, draback a fewv paces from. the front'of the dock, with ex. tended arms, and in a tone asnd manner the most imnprepsive that,we hai-e evrer witnessed, replied to the prasyer of the Judge, his sves- at the sames tine turned towards Heaven-' Amnen, ARien,, my Lord - nerhaps it is all 'well. I: hbpe it may be for the better, that we - are. leaving a place of miscry,and going to a place of happiness. I for. give my prosecutor; the jury I freely forgive, ats do all mankind. We go to meei desth like Christiar mne: may God of heaven bless you all !' The prisoner Patrick Mlanane was dressed -as a respectable futr. Iroer, his countenance sharp and intelligent, his person above the mhiddle stature, and extremely well formed I he appears to be about 34 yeays of age: bis brother's countenance was not so Intelligent: his features wcre soft and without chatacter. There was nothing re- markable about Greene. The prisveners were conducted to the gaol isnder a heavy escort nf the 3d ljight Dragoonsn they pased through th; prindpal streets of I, merick, surrounded by so,ne hundreds of weepinp relatives and friends-a scene more truly distressing could not weli be imagiUned. The unfor-unlte lirisoners walked with their hsts off, and preserved the same decorous and mrnly conduct that rharacterized tiem thtoughout their trial, and at the awful iaomezt of their couriction. 2IRsUl ASSIZM~ LTMERICK. Ann. G. MURJTl1tR DEF 11tMLI 2fk:1*t