The Dewsbury Chronicle, and West Riding Advertiser. — 1882-06-10 (Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England)

HUDDERSFIELD POLICE COURT. THE STATE OF IRELAND WEDNESDAY. • ASSASSINATIONS IN GALWAY. Before John Arthur Brooke, Fredk. Greenwood, and David Midgley, Esqs. A Galway correspondent reports :—A gentleman Pernee FOR 8188 WITHOUT A LICENCEt—Thomas named Burke, largely connected with land in the Tattersfield, cab driver, Ravensthoree, and Henry county of Galway, was shot dead at Castle Taylor, near Ellie, cab propzietor, were charged with plying for hire Athenry, at three o'clock on Thursday whilst riding in the borough without a licence, on the 21st ult. home, as was also one of a party of soldiers who paneeeeonstahle Horefall stated that on the day in were protecting him. No further particulars are yet question he saw the defendant Tettnefield with a known. weggonette laden with peesengere, and it stopped in A late extra special edition of the Globe on Thur. front of the White Cross, Leeds-road. The passengers day evening gives the following particulars of the got out, and, after staying about 20 minntes, defendant murder of Mr. Burke and a soldier in county called oat, "Any more for MirfieW," and ultimately Galway :—" Mr. Walter M. Barka and a soldier, who left with eight Passengers, and returned in the evening had been detailed for the spacial duty of esocerting with five. When defendant was going away the second him, were shot this afternoon at Ardrahan, on the tinne witness eeked him it be had a licence for the Ennis and Athenry Railway, in the county Gslway. borough of Huddersfield, and defendant replied that if Mr. Burke, who is a large owner of property in the he wanted to see that he must ge to Ravenethorpe. county, was son of the late Mr. J. Burke, Witness went the following day, and found no licence j Crown Solicitor for the county Mayo. He was a had been taken out. Mr. Ward. head constable, barrister, and shortly after his being called to the bar wished to remind their wershipe that his object in commenced his political life in opposing the present bringing this case before them was not so niece that Lord O'Hagan as a candidate for Tralee. He afterdefendants should be fined, eu to let the public know wards went over to India, where he prectieed for some 1 they could not ply in this borough without taking outs time, and realised a considerable fortune. He then licence. The officer, in reply to the Chairman, said returned to Ireland. At the last general election he he did not hear defendant see, what the fare would be, became a candidate for Mayo, in opposition neither did he see hira receive any money. Defendant to the Rev. Isaac Nel:,.on, but eventually with. Ellis said he paid two guineas for a licenree, and thought drew in favour of that gentleman. Afterwards he fee that his cab could go anywhere. Ellie was fined had a number of disputes with his Irish tenantry and 2s. 61. and costs; but at the suggestion of the Bench, served upon them notices of ejectment, eviction Head-constable Ward withdrew the cherge against following in many cases. He left London a little Tattersfield, and he was discharged. . time since to carry out further evictions and, it is supposed, so much feeling was excited against him as to induce emissaries of some secret agrarian society to effct his murder. Mr. Burke took an active part in the prosecution of the notorious Father Conway some years ago, and it will perhaps be remembered that he was the gentleman who, a few months back, attended mass at the Roman Catholic Church of Carraes, armed with a repeating rifle, and would not leave the place at the request of the clergyman, hut who was subsequently got out of the place by aside door in order to avoid the mob which was waiting to attack him." '  'Y