Cork - Cork Assizes 1817

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CORK ASSIZES 1817

At our assizes, on Saturday last, Samuel Miller, a corporal 
of the 81st Regiment was convicted and sentenced to be 
transported for seven years for picking the pocket of a man 
of the name of Richard Collins while standing in the Court 
House the preceding day.

The following is a list of convictions in the County Court:-

Daniel Clifford and J. Loucey, for the murder of Col. 
Newman, were hanged on the 14th inst.

D. Lynch, for murder hanged on the 16th.

H. Neal, White Boy Act, and William Connell, burglary and 
robbery, to be hanged on the 26th inst.

John Griggan, White Boy Act, Timothy Buckley, burglary and 
robbery. David Foley and James Connell, on Lord 
Ellenborough's act, and D. Mccarthy, for uttering a forged 
note, before the Assistant Barrister, to be hanged on the 
15th May.

Daniel Griffin, cow stealing, to be transported for life.

John Collins, Wm. Barry, J. Walsh, David Hennessy, J. Flinn, 
James Martin, J. Donegan, T. Linihan, Ellen Brien, Dan 
Sweeney, J. Sullivan, J. Brien, J. Murphy, and P. Shea, for 
various description of robbery, to be all transported for 
seven years.

Michael Guinea, suborned perjury before the Assistant 
Barrister, to be imprisoned three months, and publicly 
whipped through the town of Mallow, on the 30th inst.

Laurence Horogan, alias Seyward, for perjury, to be 
transported for seven years.

Patrick Daly, manslaughter, imprisoned 12 months and burned 
on the hand.

Cornelius Mahony, manslaughter, imprisoned three months and 
burned on the hand.

Wm. Stewart, manslaughter, imprisoned six months and burned 
on the hand.

Edward Connor, Snr. and Edward Connor, Jnr, for stealing 
potatoes, to be imprisoned for three months.

James Troswell, for stealing a bow and fiddle, imprisoned 
three months.

Timothy Madden, sheep stealing, to be imprisoned three 
months.

Charles Regan, perjury, to be pillored on the 26th inst.

Richard Power and Dan Egan, for rescue?, the former to be 
imprisoned six months and fined 50/., the latter to be 
imprisoned three months.

Owen M'Auliffe for the attack on the late Sub-Sheriff to be 
imprisoned six months and fined 50/.

Source:
Freemans Journal Apr 22 1817