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Friday 21 Aug. 1829 Monday Aug. 17- Jane CRAWFORD and Mary WILSON for stealing 13 geese on 7th August last the property of John WOODS - Guilty 6 months imprisonment John CLARKE sen. and jun. and George McILROY for an assault on Michael HOOK. John CLARKE sen. not guilty, other two guilty - 1 month imprisonment Sarah OWENS for stealing a gown and shift at Newry, on 25th May last, property of Margaret GALLAGHER Guilty - 12 months hard labour. Samuel CLARK for stealing a case on the 7th July last, property of Benjamin BRADFORD Guilty - 6 months hard labour. James MOYLER for assaulting James SULLIVAN on 2nd July, at Ardglass - James SULLIVAN one of the constabulary, was coming to Downpatrick; a man called out to witness to take care of himself; when witness saw prisoner, who made an attempt to strike him, but witness turned aside; he then struck the other man, either with a stone or his fist; witness and some others took and tied him, he appeared to be insane at the time, guilty - being insane at the time he committed the offense. Mary FERGUSON for the murder of her bastard child on 25th June last - Not guilty of murder, but guilty of concealment of the birth 2 years imprisonment. Margaret MAGEE, for stealing a silver watch and 2 silk handkerchiefs on 12th August last, property of Henry Fowler MACKAY Esq. - The articles were stolen out of a desk, which was broken open, in prosecutor's room in Dundalk barracks, where, it was sworn, prisoner was seen at the time of the robbery; they were traced to a pawnbroker's in Newry, where they were pawned by prisoner - Guilty - to be transported for 7 years. Eliza BROOKS for stealing a blanket at Newry, property of John RAINEY. It appeared that prisoner was a lodger in prosecutor's house and on 24th July she took the blanket; Prosecutor missed it soon after and followed, and got her pawning it Guilty - 12 months hard labour. transcribed by Teena from Belfast Newsletter _______________________________________________ [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/
