The Sun. — 1869-09-03 (London, England)

THE LAST IRISH AGRARIAN OUTRAGE.  The inquest on the body of Mr. James Hunter, the Scotch farmer who was shot on Sunday night. a short distance from his own house in Newfield, has been held by Mr. Bourke, coroner, in the yard adjoining the residence of the deceased. The yard and adjoining fields were crowded with the neighbolfring peasantry. The police arrested the following on suspicion yesterday ;—Daniel Kean, Rosskean ; John M`Governon, Patrick M`Governon, and Laurence M`Governon, Knockranson ; Martin Moran, John Moran, and John Moran, jun., Roskea ; and John O'Neil, Newfield. (The latter is the person upon whom the warrant to distrain was served, by order of the sheriff, for 10s. fine and £4O costs, the amount granted against the defendant at the last assizes in an action on the title for the recovery of bog). The first witness called was the servant, Theophilus Kean. He stated that Mrs. Hunter and her son went to Newport Church on Sunday, and remained in the latter town up to half-past seven o'clock in the evening; that whtn they were a short distance on the road a wheel came off, which was subsequently put on by a blacksmith named Gibbons ; that the second wheel also came off about, three miles farther on. This was about ten o'clock. Mrs. Hunter sent witness for the deceased, who accompanied him with the tax car to the spot where he had left Mrs. Hunter ; that Mr. and Mrs. Hunter got into the tax car at Mrs. Noble's, Crossasolla ; that they rode in front, and witness and Mr. Hunter rode behind ; that when they were about to turn off the main road into the narrow road leading to Mr. Hunter's house a single shot was fired ; that the latter cried out, and witness shouted and jumped off the car; that he heard the noise of a person running through potato stalks, but saw no one ; that he saw lighted paper in the road after the shot was fired, and that the deceased was dead before he reached his own house. Simon Hunter, son of the deceased, about 13 years of age, in addition to the evidence of the previous witness, stated that he saw two or three boys in the road when he was returning, and that his father was not in the habit of carrying arms. A rusty revolver was produced, which witness identified as belonging to his father, but which evidently had not been used for a length of time. The bullet with which the deceased was shot would not fit the chambers. Mr. Carr deposed that he made a careful examination of the spot where the deceased was shot ; that he observed marks apparently made by a person descending into the field. It was evident he had lain against the ditch for some time.. In the field in the rear of the spot where the person had been lying against the ditch witness observed footmarks which led in the direction of the mountains beyond the Tyranagh river ; the man had evidently been running fast, from the distance between the footmarks. Sir George O'Donel said he had accompanied the witness, and could corroborate his statement. Mr. Davies said he made a post-mortem examination of the body ; found two gunshot wounds in the right side, and one ball in each cavity, one of which passed through the chest and the other the left shoulder ; both passed through the lungs, one rupturing a large bloodvessel near the heart. This was the cause of death, which must have been instantaneous. After three minutes' deliberation, the jury found that the deceased came to his death by being wilfully murdered by some person or persons unknown death being caused by a gunshot wound. The prisoners were remanded. The remains of the deceased were interred immediately afterwards in the Newport Presbyterian burying-ground, and were followed to the grave by a long line of cars and other vehicles.  A facetious tradesman in Worcester, after having repeatedly announced that he was selling off, has now placarded his house with bills stating that he is selling on