The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1835-04-17 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

STATE OF THE COUNTRY.-IRELAND.  REVOLTING MURDER IN THE QUEEN'S COUNTY.—About three o'clock on Wednesday, an old man, aged 73 years, named William Carter, was found murdered within a quarter of a mile from his residence, at Upper Ballyfinn. Carter was a farmer in comfortable circumstances, and left his house about an hour previously; and on one of his sons going to ascertain the cause of his delay, the mangled body was found at the above place. The fragments of a broken pistol were found near the body; the murderers carried off the deceased's shoes, and a sum of money, the amount of which is not exactly known, as he had been in Maryborough. On Wednesday evening, Mr. O'Brien, C.C., received intelligence of the murder, when that active and efficient officer immediately proceeded to the spot with a party of constabulary, who, though having made a harassing and diligent search through that mountainous district during the entire night, were unable to obtain any information respecting the murderers. Colonel O'Donoghue and Dr. Smith attended, and inspected the body, which presented a most horrible mutilated spectacle. The wounds probed and examined by Dr. Smith were as follows :—Deep stabs from a bavonet—one on the left nipple; one six inches above, between the neck and chest; one at inferior end of chest, in lined to the left side; four at upper and right part of chest; eleven on left side of face and under jaw; three on the left ear. Wounds as from a hatchet—four transverse large cuts behind the left ear, fracturing the skull— two on the upper part of the head; skull completely battered in ; one at the lower part of back and right side. The four hatchet wounds on the head were parallel to each other, as if struck in rapid succession while the body lay stretched vin the ground. There were no gun-shot wounds. At half-past five o'clock, on Thursday, Mr. Delany, the coroner, wills Doctor Jacob, arrived. The body then underwent a post mortem examinatiou by Doctor Jacob. The jury were sworn, and bound, each in reeognizances of 1:50, to attend on Monday, at eleven o'clock, in the Court-house of Maryborough, where the adjourned inquest will take place. Under the coroner's warrant the following persons are in custody on strong suspicion : John Meagher, Patrick Meagher, Laurence Meagher, Mary Meagher, John Judge, and' Edmond Lawlor. The family of the deceased consisted of his wife and eight children ; two sons and two daughters of the latter having gone to America in consequence of the disturbed state of the country, and their lives haying been several times threatened. Scarcely a member of the family that does not exhibit the marks of wounds received in the various attacks made on them from time to time. The eldest son is in a state of idiotcy for the last fifteen years, from the effects of a fracture on his skull, inflicted by a party who attacked him, and left him for dead in the fields. No man could tear a more excellent character than the deceased, as well as every member of his family, for an upright, friendly and religious course of life. Acts of kindness to those living about them had marked the old man's career on every occasion; but the deceased and his family were protestants, and this was their only offence!. On yesterday three other persons, named Thos. Judge, Timothy M'Cahe, and Martin Meagher, were committed for further examination under the above offence.—Leiniter Express.