Arrest of man for a
murder committed thirty six years ago
A man name James MALONE, was
fully committed on Monday last, from Ballickmoyler, by Wm.
C. COOPER, and Wm. R. FITZMAURICE, Esqrs., charge with the
wilful murder of Patrick BRENNAN, better
known as Patrick NELLY, at the fair of Mayo, Queen's County,
in the year 1811. The particulars of the case are as
follows:
MALONE was at that period, at the head of a
faction who want to pull down BRENNAN's tent on the fair
green. On the apearance of BRENNAN he was stabbed in the
abdomen with a large knife, and killed on the spot. MALONE,
after the committal of the murder, as alleged, fled to
America, but returned to Ireland and settled in he county
Meath, about eighteen year since, where he resided until (on
private information) he was arrested and brought back to
Queen's County. On Monday last he was fully identified,
after an absence of thirty-six years, by persons who know
the prisoner and were present at the murder. The prisoner,
who is about seventy years of age, was dressed in the
ordinary garb of a county Meath labourer, and on being
removed from the court-house to the police-barrack, after
being identified, he fainted in the street. After some time
he recovered his self-possession, and was escorted on a car
to the gaol of Maryborough.--
Carlow Sentinel. February
26 1847.
Source: Tom LaPort