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Michael Colgan and Michael Doherty were arraigned at Tullamore, on Monday, for shooting at Mr. Biddulph, a Magistrate of the county. The men have twice before been placed in the dock on the same charge : the first time, the Jury could not agree to the verdict, the evidence of identity not satisfy ing them ; and the second time a Juror was taken ill, and the trial was postponed without being begun. Under cross-ex- amination on Monday, Mr. Biddulph made some strange admissions : he had paid Honor Fury, one of the witnesses, 3/. to give information, or "rather to bear her expenses"; and he thought he had "suggested to some one" that the prisoners should fly the country. The pri- soners were acquitted on Tuesday.
James Levin, who was one of the first that informed against some persons for shooting at Mr. Biddulph, was convicted of corrupt perjury, in having at the last Assizes sworn against five men that they had ham- strung some sheep ; whereas he bad done it himself. Twelve months ago, three men were convicted of Whiteboyism on his evidence, and sentenced to transportation. He had been for a long time in the pay of the Police as an informer. His sentence was, that he should be im- prisoned for two months, and then be transported for seven years.
James Martin pleaded guilty to the charge of perjury in accusing one Sullivan of having sent a threatening notice to Mr. Neale Brown, a Magistrate ; of which he was himself the sender. He was sentenced to be transported for seven years.
At Meath Assizes, on Monday week, one Carroll was indicted for in-
citing James Caffrey to kill and wound three sheep, the property of Mr. 'Keating. Caffray said that he refused to accede to Carroll's en- treaties to kill some sheep or a heifer ; and that the latter then shot at the sheep, upon which the Police rushed forward. A constable proved that Carroll had told the Police that the " cattle " would be killed, and desired them to come forward when he fired a gun as a signal. He was found guilty, and sentenced to four months' imprisonment.
A new "Orange murder" is reported at Money more, in Ulster. The Liberal papers describe it to have occurred on the 27th February, at an Orange dance given at the house of a man named Hamill. Some Catholic lads entered as participators of the merrymaking, when they were attacked by those assembled: one of them was shot dead, and two others were wounded. The Tory accounts give an opposite statement. They assert that the affair is a revival of an occurrence which took place on the 27th January, and that the Protestant party was first as- ailed by the Catholics ; when in self-defence two of the Protestants fired, and killed the ringleader of the band.
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