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Carlow County - Ireland Genealogical Projects (IGP TM) Pat Purcell Papers Source: Michael Purcell c.2014 |
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From: Michael Purcell <carlowmike@gmail.com> 1782-Minchin, Rourke, Fullam, Bernard, Monks,
Dormandy & Burns. 1782. The Examination of The Reverend Humphrey Minchin
of Carlow taken before William Bernard, Esquire, one of his Majestys
Magistrates for Carlow. Rev. Humphrey Minchin who being duly Sworn on
the Holy Evangelists saith that on the morning of Sunday the sixth of
January 1782 he having some Gold in his pocket, thought same too
Cumbersome, and thereupon lodged or deposited Ten Guineas of Gold in a
drawer in his desk, in which drawer was also some Silver, he then locked
the desk and putt the key thereof in his pocket.~~~~~ He then went to his Parish Church at Clonmelsh
for to hold Divine Service and on his return went to dine at The
Reverend Doctor Hobarts. That evening, between Six and Seven O'clock on
returning to his house he found Pat Rourke, his hired servant, so much
intoxicated with liquor, that he ordered his gardener Thomas Fullam to
turn the said Patrick Rourke out. At about Nine O'clock having occasion to go to
his desk he found the lock was picked and on opening the drawer he found
that his Ten Guineas was feloniously taken thereout. Early this present morning, being Monday the
seventh of January, he found Patrick Rourke drinking in a house of
lodging in Carlow, whereupon he brought William Bernard, a Magistrate,
who then conducted Rourke to his own house and on searching him found
upon him five shillings in Silver and Three pence in Halfpence and asked
Rourke how he came by this money, Rourke replied that he had changed a
half a Guinea the previous day. He could not tell where he had changed same and
when on being asked where he had dined, he replied Castle Street in a
house situate at Water Lane corner and well known to the magistrates of
Carlow as a house of ill repute leased by a woman of bad character who
goes by the name of Ellen Monks otherwise Mary Dormandy alias Rose
Burns. Thereupon the magistrate desired that he would
take Rourke to the house where he sayed he had dined and bring the
Landlord before him. When they were going to the house through
Bushe's lane, Rourke made his escape but was sometime afterwards retaken
and brought to the door of the dining house, he then stated that he had
not dined at all on the previous day. Wherefore The Reverend Minchin saith he hath the
strongest reason to believe and cause to suspect that it was Rourke that
picked the lock of his desk and took his Ten Guineas out of the drawer. [signed] Humphrey Minchin. Sworn before me this 7th day of January 1782. [signed] William Bernard. [Note added by Michael Purcell 2012 - Bushe's
Lane is the lane at rear of present-day Castle Tavern on Castle Street,
it connected to Dublin Street and Centaur Street. At his trial held on
28th March 1782 in Carlow Courthouse, Patrick Rourke was found not
Guilty. From: Michael Purcell <carlowmike@gmail.com> 1782-Rogerson, Doyle, Fowler, Drought, Bagenal. Abbreviated extract from the PPP. 1782. The Examinations of John Doyle and Susanna
Fowler taken before me Thomas Drought this day 29th June 1782 in the
27th Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third, by the
Grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of
the Faith and so Forth. John Doyle duly Sworn deposeth and sayth that on
the night of the 27th June 1782 he saw the door of the Summer House in
the garden of Bettyville was feloniously broke open and thereout taken
six Chintz Linnen Window curtains the property of John Rogerson,
Esquire, value one pound, two shillings and nine pence. He further sayth that he searched the garden and
found the track of a woman's high heel shoe in the gap in the garden
hedge and got some threads hanging on a bush which threads belonged to
the said curtains. He further sayth that he saw the heel and shoes
of Bridget Doyle measured with the track and they matched which makes
him Verily believe that the said Bridget Doyle was the person who stole
the curtains. Susanna Fowler sayth that on the night of 27th
June between the hours of Ten and Eleven of the Clock she was returning
from Rathvilly where she had been on some business, she met Bridget
Doyle at the fourteen acres gate at Bettyville which gate adjoins the
garden at Bettyville. She further states that on her seeing Bridget
Doyle lurking about at so late an hour she therefore thought that
Bridget Doyle was on a no good design and had it not been so late she
would have alerted the family of the house. [signed] John Doyle- [signed] Susanna, her X mark, Fowler. Sworn before me this 29th Day of June 1782. [signed] Thomas Drought. [note added by Michael Purcell 2012 - Bridget
Doyle, a spinster, with address at Bettyville, Carlow was found not
guilty at her trial which took place in August 1782 in Carlow. Foreman
of the Jury was Beauchamp Bagenal. From Pat Purcell Papers 2014
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