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COUNTY OF DOWN AsSIZES, Jear 38, SCUTTLING TRE AURORA. ... ... George Smith, late First’ Wrote of the Brig: Aurora, and’éaas Brown: Marineh’ : Lidivied under the jaliedies aha’ Bligh Court of Admiralty, for wilfully and feloniously sidking, in the high seas, to October. bayt, the Brig Aurora, to the, injury’ and host ‘of Mr. ‘Thelmar Gelsion, owner of sait verse, and of Mr.Wil liam Thompson, merchant, having goods on board thereof——Acqusted ‘ “ RIOT AT ‘BALLYNAHINCH. :Thormas smiley, James Graham, James Car lile, and John Doujglan, indicted for a riot; at the ' Fair of ‘Batlynshisch, on’ the 25th of May” last, ‘and anaghing Pawick O'Neill, Hugh McSeravog, ‘and Pot Jennings. Patrick O'Neill sworn=Was. met‘on tie way home’ by ‘Adom.s.Smiley,' who said he could any Papist ‘eyes hed produced,’ and some dg hie Alugh McStravog as oie. Smiley saga hayaied fr the Breast, isteach: ipiaie 8, wae a Papiaer a Pronestant nother wade abeo. track witndiss Smiley. said’ beiwas’. Oyen pageman teveisl others thir ser ‘ae whip and stones, ‘identified Smiley, Wha ‘ie ‘widier ’ he hud no, regimentels..on then, Bibl. He was with a recruiting party. ‘ ‘Crostzamined—Would not tell whether he was aligetred x tachi i house in: Dromare, anong a'pai rigebts.. at’ ight: ‘endpl dere. “ing. ee lace sehether be kgow mt idyhill, ‘who ‘Tost some. ti ; “yous. nee consioy. mith’ this: teak Patrick have crowds some Ons Ons Hae’ horde was'ausduned y saw Smiley strike Siesier O'Neill avid Bagh Megitevog O'Neill Wrong on wall, atterping ‘to get over it, he equid a bet over, wadh they beat him on.its witcees was stock and’ partied. by a large party, saw James Carlileapong then, beating’ bien with a whips go, attikes swith sides and made, his escape into a Kinemyn' a house, M Simon Wes at the fair,I was com ing’ home with his friends and naw.« riot aw Thomas' ‘Smiley,civike his brother Hugh. Hugh Mt ‘ Oeiekcunien r Th . Smiley on the. night.oynebiach fait ¢ ° ebrra. horated formes evidences 5. suey, Jat, Guten ‘with nones, in his age Evidense for Prisoners. Captain Thomas, Sheridan i Belvingene the 68th ‘wae, In, she fait 5 ney was with hits abe 4 evening, at the time of the ght, Seite in by the charchy. ‘a squarter of a mile all f he took : a dye- none. of his secreit secreits eta be, as an ‘Sanley’ was with: witneds from 6 'to 10 ofch ae sa pees eh: ‘the fight, Who resembled Spylley the Wa rosecaiore were misaken‘to him. as ts oe abe wei So eec “bors fee he saw from: ‘bagly ie Faint he : Vion ir AsAULT. | oo loaagh. diated tot niniilting wod robhig Genige Celdy of relia’ de oe bog het Teo valde dion ibe is “aly sida Lives ay ‘Mn ten, seven weiles: hae : sees was * Tei rises os ‘of 4 ir an fifer, to a, bod ; fell fee and tuck him, end held the i eas ‘personse an ape of ghem, they took his ehegder patie and aoaney,aind his Gi, and tore aivey the pocket where ey puree waey ons of them wrked him where he had left his company bhat Went with “hie'ah, the tioroihg, add said ‘ha word, por bit stick through Hie body, in at Bis Mowib an wet of his Belly anes was quite sober when drached; tat was efevemeters, and has wboebt. but he sould have been ‘filled, but fot iWo tye, whe hearing his dries, came tt. file! hinting ft was past tenjo’clork when he was attacked, hae not yet recovered his svetgth, but fx still sick, and very week; from the abitee he thes gets when the party were about leaving bit, they examined and found him still breathingy and began to kick and rebage him again, till he lost hit sedeed, and was 140 found by the men who relieved him. _ Grose examined—Haddrask ‘three glaster of liquor in the course’ ‘the day she would ‘have fallen if they had not held him up when he got the first blow ’. never knew prisoner before that time, but knew Hits immediately when he afterwards saw him brought to witnesses howe ¢ witness had be fore described ‘his glashed and parsons: never said to Me. Smith: “he dis not know the prisoner to ‘be the person who arack him Bigtpaly believed he was #03 saw hiro and several pricky persone sam moozd'ab ot it, on Friday week after the avatolt ‘witness was usable scover Conwent to theme _ Evidence for Prisoner.... Charles Monaghan—Lives in, Dramora's ison tie to prisoner, who lives in the County Monagh any he came here on a visit and fell to, work of 12th July tasty he was working in a turf boy mod hole all day, and, came home, between 7 and 6 o'clock 4 he went to bed between 9 and 6, and did vor live till the morning 4 witness and prison er, and his brother, were all it, one bed, and pri soner was pest the walls witness was present at examinations before Mr. Roger Johnston~ Smith, the Magistrate , and Cuddy said the only thought prison, was the man to the best of his knowledge, Mr. South said, “if you wont swear it positively, it won't do?* ' Patrick Monaghan—Ts' brother, to prisoners corroborated iact winess's testimony 5: his brother ‘was working that day ata Mrs Thomasone 5 his brother and he slept that night together, and rose together next morning. His nodle, himelf, and hid brother afterwards went together to see the pros ecutor, and no clear demotives of all concern in “Renee Johan 3 ih Weirr Roger Johnson Smyth, enorn— Went on the ‘YM of July to see agen ‘and found him mint dreadfully beaten and abused 5 his face was quite black : provocator swore ‘his examinations before witness on that day, and he swore positive ly, to the prisoner, without ay hesitation. “Acquitted of the capial charge, but found ‘Guilty of the arnault, in passing sentence, the Judge and he was de termined to punish with exemplary severity every instance of assault on account of religious princi ples. The men with whom this innocent ‘man was in company, were guilty of no offence against the law. They went in procession to Church, and re quired peaceably home, offering 90 offence to any man.Re paid your party, (said he to the pricones ) waylaid sudde at this as, till his life pri foment danger. His teen ad no. Consequence, you and your ‘pay béeo guilty of enue, dod Tah nal bas » ele my doty, to have paned sentence of, death on yot» His hardship wrongly reprobated the ‘iniquity of such conduct of this County tedh 90 often exhibit ed, sod expressed his ‘determination always to ‘punish ‘both ‘parties who came before ‘him with equal justice. He should make such an example of the present culprit, as would operate as a cau ain to others. © Sentenced to be imprisoned one, year, 20d then to give security:for hie future good behaviour for squatty himneck io 100), and two sureties in 251 each.
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