County of Carlow to
wit ......June 1800
The Examinations of
Henry Bunbury of Bunbury Lodge in said County Esq. Taken
before William Browne of Browne's Hill one of his Majesty's
Justices of the Peace for said County.
Who being duly Sworn
on the Holy Evangelists and examined saith, that the Joice
Floors Doors Windows, Door and Window Cases Boards Rafters
Lentals and other Timber and valuable Articles having been
lately feloniously stolen at different times and carried away
from Johnstown Mansion House in said County. He this Examt. on
Sunday Evening the first of June Inst. went in search thereof
with a Party of the Tullow Yeoman Infantry now quartered at
Grangeford and after searching several Houses for the same,
found in the dwelling House of Michael Wall of Johnstown
aforesaid Six Boards and Pieces of Boards most of them foreign
Deal which had been in Floors and Doors and one Square piece
which appears to have been a Lental to a Door or Window, all
which he verily believes were stolen by the said Michael Wall
or with his privity or connivance from Johnstown House
aforesaid and also a fresh Sawed Piece of Ash Plank or Joice
and Examt. further saith that at the same time and with the
said Party of Yeomanry he found in the Dwelling House of
Lawrence Dempsey of Johnstown aforesaid two Boards or pieces
of Boards which from being of the same description of those
found in the Dwelling House of said Michael Wall he verily
believes were likewise feloniously stolen by the said Lawrence
Dempsey or with his privity or connivance from the Mansion
House of Johnstown aforesaid.
And Examt. further
saith that from the circumstance of he and the said Party of
Tullow Yeomanry having on the said Evening of Sunday the first
of June searched several other Dwelling Houses on or near the
Lands of Johnstown aforesaid and from not having found any
part of Floors Doors Joices Boards etc. feloniously taken from
Johnstown Mansion House aforesaid, - ? - therefore He this
Examt. has just reason to suspect and verily believe that the
said Michael Wall and Lawrence Dempsey Stole and carried away
or caused to be stolen and carried away all or most of the
Floors Doors Window Cases Boards Rafters Lentals and other
Timber and valuable Articles which were lately feloniously
Stolen and carried away from said Johnstown Mansion House
aforesaid. And Examt. further saith that he also verily
believes if said Michael Wall or Lawrence Dempsey could have
accounted Satisfactorily to this Examt. how they honestly came
by Boards and Pieces of Boards and Joice found in their
respective Dwelling Houses they would have done so in three
Days the space between their been so found in their Dwelling
Houses on Sunday 1st and Thursday the 5th June Inst. when
these Examinations were taken –
Sworn before me this
5th Day of June 1800
William Browne.
Examt. acknowledges
himself bound to our Sovereign Lord the King in the Sum of £20
to prosecute at next ensuing Quarter Sessions to be held in
Carlow for said County.
Hen. Bunbury.
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- The above is a true and
accurate transcript of the original document
- (To
view please click on the image to enlarge).
(Due to the size of the
document the bottom half had to added as an extra image to the
main document which is on the left of the page)
- Foot-note from Michael Purcell 01/2007:
- The images above are laser-copy's of the
original's which are written on handmade paper. The above forms part of the Bunbury documents in the Pat
Purcell Papers. The documents were handed to Pat by a member of the
Bunbury family in the 1940s in order to carry out research on the
Bunbury family and much to the delight of present day historian Turtle
Bunbury the documents have recently surfaced in the P.P.P. They
provide a very informative account of events during the 18th and 19th
centuries in Carlow and are a superb genealogy utility, giving us
names, occupations, addresses etc. I have already posted 2 documents
and with the help of Michael Brennan will attempt to display some
pictures of the originals alongside typed transcriptions so Carlow
Listers may check the data for themselves.
Please note that the placing of Capital
letters is the style from that period. The original is on handmade
paper, dated by the watermark as made in 1799. It is a very fragile
document and heavily stained with age. It took almost an hour to
transcribe. Of course one has to remember that the accusations /
charges are only alleged and those named would have had to face a
trial by jury to decide if they were guilty or not. Bear in mind that a photocopy is much
clearer than the original as it comes out black on white, whereas the
original is brown on brown and even brown on black in sections. (Michael Purcell - Jan 2007)
- Transcribed by: Michael Purcell
c2007
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