Hello All My hope in transcribing some of these notices, is to help someone else. These are not related to any of the names, that I research.
Happy Hunting~ Teena Saunders's Newsletter Fri. 3 Dec 1784 On Sunday last the inquest was held in the house of Mr. Andrew HANNA publican,(?) the quay, on the body of John M‘CORMICK, a seaman, belonging to Ballywalter, who had died there suddenly the night before. In the course of evidence it appeared, that the deceased and another sailor, named Isaac HELME otherwise MULHOLME went into HANNA's house on Saturday night, and drank three quarts of beer, during which time the bottom of the glass was broke, and on paying for the beer to the son of said HANNA (a boy about twelve years of age) payment was also demanded for the glass, which was complied with, but on the boy going out of the room, M‘CORMICK threw the glass after him, a part of which cut him on the head and HELME in his deposition clearly proved, that shortly after the boy had left the room, his father (HANNA) entered it in a furious passion, and instantly seized an iron poker, with which he struck said M‘CORMICK and which HELME declared to be the cause of his death, which happened instantly after receiving the blow. Several Surgeons attended and examined the deceased who were fully of the opinion that a wound which the deceased had on his head did not occasion his death but from several concurring circumstances in the course of the evidence, they wished to examine the corpe (?) more minutely and their informing the Court and Jury that such an examination would take considerable time, it was agreed the inquiry should be postponed till next day, at 5o'clock, when they would give their report upon oath. Accordingly they met yesterday, and after minute -- [email protected] www.cotyrone.com https://www.facebook.com/groups/CoTyroneIrelandGenealogy/ _______________________________________________ [email protected] UlsterAncestry Mailing List Searchable Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ http://lists.cotyrone.com/mailman/listinfo/ulsterancestry Website: https://cotyrone.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CoTyroneIrelandGenealogy/
