The Sun. — 1836-01-22 (London, England)

COUNTRYMAN MURDERED AND THREE OTHER{ DAN.  GEROUSLY WOUNDED. SLIGO, MONDAY, JAN. 18.—At a place called Banada, within three miles of the village of Tubercorry, which latter place is about sixteen miles distant from the town of Sligo, the murder of a countryman named Roddy was perpetrated on Wednesday last by a policemman named Black, under circumstances of the most deliberate atrocity. Black is, I understand, an Orangeman, and the- deceased was a Roman Catholic. To this difference of religious persuasion alone can the murder of the latter be traced. The details of this barbarous and cold-blooded murder, as elicited at the coroner's inquest, were as follows. On Saturday a jury of farmers of the surrounding district was sworn. The following is a summary of the evidence taken by the Coroner : On Wednesday last a party of the Revenue police, amounting to 12 in number, and commanded by an officer, proceeded in the direction of Tobercorry, on an information which they had received on the subject of private distillation in that district. On arriving at the place described they observed an old man walking at some distance from them, with a small keg on his shoulders. They pursued and immediately overtook this individual, but found upon examination that the keg contained only water. In consequence of their disappointment at finding the contents of the keg strictly legal, it appeared that they maltreated the old man, upon which a number of the country people assembled ; and, inflamed by the representation of the old man, assailed the police at a distance with stones. The police then charged upon the people with fixed bayonets, and wounded three of them—two very seriously. The country people fled, and the police returned in the direction of their quarters. One of their body named Black lingered behind the rest and seeing the deceased, Roddy, in an adjoining field, took deliberate aim with his musket, and shot him dead. . _  The daughter of the deceased was examined upon oath by the Crown, and deposed to the fact as here stated ; solemnly declaring besides, that so far from the slightest provocation having been given by her father, he was " clamping " turf at the time together with her, and had not taken the slighest part in the previous conflict. When Black fired the deceased was in the act of completing a turf-stack, and the next moment after she beard the report, she saw her father " jumping up ever so high into the air, and then falling, with a shriek that went through her, into the bog-hole beside them." Her identification- of Black, as the murderer, was of the most perfect description, and under circumstances of very considerable difficulty. Black usually wore large black whiskers ; but these he shaved off completely on the day of the inquest, and took his place in a line of upwards of 20 of the revenue police, who marched out upon that day to Banada. She did not delay an instant in recognizing him, but pointing him out immediately, exclaimed—" There he is ; I know him well, though he has strove to disguise himself ; I'd know him to eternity ! " The Jury found a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against Black, who was stripped of his arms, and marched off in custody to Tubercorry, from whence he was subsequently removed to Sligo gaol, in order that he may stand his trial at the ensuing assizes.---Dublin Register.