Transcribed by Teena from the 11 Apr. 1785 edition of Saunders Newsletter The assizes for the county of Donegal ended at Lifford on Thurs. when the following were left under the different rules of the court viz.
Ann MURRAY for stealing yarn and butter out of the house of Eliza EDWARDS, to be burnt in the hand and confined one month. John DOUGHERTY to be transported for sheep-stealing. Edward M'GERVEY to be burnt in the hand and confined 1 month for robbing the church of Carrigans of its surplice and gown. Jane DUFFEY otherwise BRISLAND to be burnt in the hand and confined 2 months for felony to the value of 1s. 1d. Rowlance M'SWINE to be confined 2 months and to be whipped twice, from the jail to the gallows, for rioting in the jail. Joseph TAGGERT to be twice pilloried for passing base coin, knowing the same to be such and confined 6 months. The above with 30 others were tried and acquitted for different offenses. John MOORE and William STEWART otherwise LEE, inhabitants of Ballyauly or that neighbourhood, county Tyrone, supposed to have committed many atrocious offenses upon the public, are now in Lifford jail. Cheers Teena _______________________________________________ [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/
