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Hanging!
- On Thursday
July 25th 1822 The Chief Baron Lord Norbury
(John Toler, a Tipperary man) pronounced "with
tears in his eyes" the following Sentence:
To be hanged at Carlow Gaol on Tuesday 6th
August 1822. Michael, Timothy and
Hue Finnegan,
William Nowlan and William Walsh. To be hanged
on Saturday the 10th of August 1822, Andrew and
Armstrong Anderson, Nicholas and
Thomas Troy and Christopher Dooley. Charging the Jury his
Lordship recapitulated the entire of the
evidence and paid a high compliment to the
Rev.
Mr. Doyle, Parish Priest of Clonegal, for the
"admirable line of conduct which he had observed
in bringing about the means by which the
offenders had been delivered into the hands of
justice".
Addressing the prisoners he stated that
"it was melancholy to reflect that neither youth
nor age could protect them - Some of you are too
old to have been found in so degrading and
distressing a situation, while if the parents
of the others had done their duty and paid
proper attention to their children, some of you
ought now to be under chastisement in school
instead of standing forward to await the
penality of the law, sufficient time for
preparation will be afforded to each of you,
provided you made a good use of it".
(Hue Finnegan was 12 years old, I am
trying to ascertain the ages of the others.)
- The above is a true and
accurate transcript of the original document.
- This document
was transcribed
from Pat Purcell Papers
and
Submitted
by Pat O' Reagan Genealogy Course 11th Sept. 2008.
The Hanging Judge 1822.
Pat Purcell Papers.
On
Thursday July 25th 1822 The Chief Baron Lord Norbury (John
Toler, a Tipperary man) pronounced "with tears in his eyes" the
following Sentence:
To
be hanged at Carlow Gaol on Tuesday 6th August 1822. Michael,
Timothy and Hue Finnegan, William Nowlan and William Walsh.
To
be hanged on Saturday the 10th of August 1822, Andrew and
Armstrong Anderson, Nicholas and Thomas Troy and Christopher
Dooley.
Charging the Jury his Lordship recapitulated the entire of the
evidence and paid a high compliment to the Rev. Mr. Doyle,
Parish Priest of Clonegal, for the "admirable line of conduct
which he had observed in bringing about the means by which the
offenders had been delivered into the hands of justice".
Addressing the prisoners he stated that "it was melancholy to
reflect that neither youth nor age could protect them - Some of
you are too old to have been found in so degrading and
distressing a situation , while if the parents of the others had
done their duty and paid proper attention to their children,
some of you ought now to be under chastisement in school instead
of standing forward to await the penality of the law, sufficient
time for preparation will be afforded to each of you , provided
you made a good use of it".
(Hue
Finnegan was 12 years old, I am trying to ascertain the ages of
the others.)
Submitted by Pat. O' Reagan, Genealogy Course
11th Sept. 2008.
Names: Malone, Scully & Coleman
1822.
From Pat Purcell Papers
1822
I Richard Malone do swear that I am a
householder and have a house wherein I usually reside at
Ballychancarra in the Parish of Barragh Barony of St. Mullins,
Carlow
(signed) Richard Malone.
I Winifred Scully do swear that I am a
householder and have a house wherein I usually reside at
Ballychancarra in the Parish of Barragh Barony of St. Mullins,
Carlow
(signed) Winifred, her X mark, Scully.
I George Coleman do swear that I am a
householder and have a house wherein I usually reside at Lackaby
in the Parish of Barragh Barony of St. Mullins, Carlow
(signed) Goerge Coleman.
Winifred Scully will attend Court at
Tullow to answer charges against her by James Devereux.
Sworn before me at Myshall Lodge on the
2nd April 1822.
Names: Woods, Moore, Desmond & Whelan.
Pat Purcell Papers.
1822.
Edward Moore, Sergeant of Police, came this day before me
Pillsworth Whelan one of his Magisties Justices of the Peace for
Carlow and made Oath on the Holy Evangelists that on Tuesday the
2nd of April 1822 he was ordered by T.D. Woods, Esquire, Chief
Constable of Police to take into Custody a person of the name of
Andrew Desmond for the purpose of Examining and Interagating him
as to what purpose he came to Carlow.
Andrew Desmond declared that he came from Clonakilty in the
County of Tipperary and went thence to Ballymanus in the County
of Wicklow and now purposes proceeding towards Clonmel, [
crossed out- "in the County of Waterford" ] he appears to be an
idle and dangerous Character without any settled place of
residence but being a Vagrant about the Country, Desmond also
declared he had deserted from his Majisties 76th Regiment and
afterwards got on Board a Man of War ship from which he lately
returned.
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(signed) Edward Moore.
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Sworn before me this 4th day of April 1822
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(signed) Pillsworth Whelan