The Sun. — 1858-03-25 (London, England)

CURIOUS WHITEBOY CASE. The papers publish the report of a singular trial which took place at the Kildare Assizes, before the Lord Chief Justice. Tuomas Staunton, a shopwas keeper, and a man possessed of considerable means, rcnitdse,d(r) po hsa per osting nryoi net iiiic,esaattluairNae juror of Kildare, and agent over the estate of Mr. Conway Richard Dobbs, in case he dared to interfere wi h the ter:ants, and if he and the land steward, Mr. M‘Dermott (whom the notice also threatend to murder), did not quit the country. The case had for some time previously caused considerable excitement and interest throughout the county, as until a very recent period it has been totally free from outrages of a Riband or Whiteboy character, and it therefore became of importance that the prosecutimi should be vigorously and effectually carried out. The prisoner was convicted, and the Chief Justice, in the following impressive manner, pronounced sentence upon him ;  °heuwee were appear construerrogp t-ittihtatyotoi f have iti :h eqbvue verdict. " Tn,tnas Staunton, you have been found guilty by the jury upou evidenu:taeony:ol lu jsedv doubtie iryPwot impossible f r any one who was present in court, and .18.enet your tddir.eiec:ati.,`,PsBlBnotyow fihtathihrieuaYt:;aytrlho, the greatest generosity and kindness. It appears that for some reason he wished to ex• arcise towards you a right which, as your landlord, h • undoubtedly possessed. You had acted in such a way that he wished you to cease to be any longer his tenant. At your own requTst a valuator was employed to value your farm, and be valued it at a sum less than 1001. Yon however, objected to this sum as not being sufficient, and you eventually received a sum of 2001., together with your clops, you paying the rent up to the t'rue when you were dispossessed. You accordingly gave up posession of the land, and from that time to the present you seem to be continually doing everything in your power to worry and annoy the bailiff on the lands of 111`Dermott. As far as I can judge from the evidence I have not the f mallest doubt upon my mind that ytu. \-\ era endeavouring to introduce into this county that Whiteb.y system which is the bane of other counties. I have in a case like this no discretion but to in pose upcn you as severe a sentence as the law a lows. It is absolutely and iudispensaVy necessary that every One intrusted with the admitaistriAiin t.f Vie law should endeavour to put aft end, in its commencement, to this deplorable sy,tmn. It is mistrable —it is wretched, that a man in your positiono: s of comparative affluence for your class, should now stand in such a position as you do bore toi-day. Toe sentence of the Court is that you undergo seven years' penal servitude." Them anp,riaspopnaerre wasntly aboutawel 41-droeysseeadrsaonf age drespectable-lookin g  TRINITY COLLEGE ELECTION, Dosux.—The polling commenced on Tuesday root-wog at nine o'clock and c!o:•,ed at five p. u., when tee uumbers for i thefirsptoldiseyd were declared as follows :—LEfroy, 294 • Gayer, 250 majority, 44. Dr. Gayer is underancl to have all the members of his committee, as well aa the large majority of electors resident in Dublin,