Hello Friends Following are the County of Tyrone Assizes, Omagh, transcribed by Jane from the Newry Telegraph August 7, 1841.
Thank you Jane :-) County of Tyrone Assizes (from our reporter) Omagh, Monday, August 2 Bridget CONWAY, was endicted [sic] for stealing £7 from the person of James YOUNG, on the 27th of March last, at Omagh. Mr. MATURIN appeared as Counsel on behalf of the prisoner. James YOUNG, examined by Mr. SMILEY - Recollects being in the fair of Omagh, on the 27th of March last; in the evening of that day the prisoner came up to witness, on the street, and, thrusting her hand into his pocket, took from thence seven pounds; witness thereupon dragged her into a house, and detained her until the Police were sent for, when the money was found with her. Cross-examined by Mr. MATURIN - The time the prisoner came up to witness was not the first time he had seen her on that day; had invited her, before that to a house, where he treated her to some punch; witness was not quite sober; it was after witness came out of the house that he missed the notes; there were several persons in the street, as also in the house; when the prisoner was searched by the Police the money was not found; she afterwards voluntarily gave seven pounds to the Policeman; had no mark on the notes; cannot identify them; prisoner said she had taken the money; did not swear any information till the 12th of June. John DINER, Police Constable, examined by Mr. SCHOALES, Q.C. - Recollects the prosecutor having charged the prisoner with having robbed him; she handed witness £7, which he now produces. Cross-examined by Mr. MATURIN - Searched the prisoner, and found nothing on her; she afterwards gave him the seven pounds; the prisoner denied having robbed the prosecutor; she was never charged with any offence before; she lives with her father; cannot say whether or not the money belonged to him. His Lordship charged the Jury at considerable length, observing on the difference between the stories told by the prosecutor on his direct and cross-examination. The Jury brought in a verdict of Guilty. His Lordship, in passing sentence, said, that, although the prisoner had been found guilty of a transportable offence, yet, considering all the circumstances of the case, the sentence of the Court should be only 8 months' imprisonment. Rape Thomas KELLY was indicted for having, on the 25th of February last, at Omagh, committed a rape on the person of Susan NUGENT. Susan NUGENT, an interesting looking little girl, apparently about 11 or 12 years of age, detailed the circumstances of the case, which were the same as stated at the Spring Assizes, the case having been tried then, on which occasion the Jury could not agree. She said that her father and mother were lying in fever, and that she was looking for some support for them and the other children; that coming to a house at the lower end of Main-street, in this town, and which it appeared was the house of the County Surveyor, Mr. RICHARDS, where the prisoner lived as servant, she found no person in the house but the prisoner. On asking him for charity, he, under pretence of giving her some meal, took, or rather forced her up stairs, into a small back room; and that he there forcibly committed the violence upon her person, of which she complained. Several witnesses were produced to prove corrorborating circumstances, - among others the medical gentleman, Dr. MAXWELL, who stated that he examined her person, immediately after she lodged the complaint against the prisoner, and that he found marks of recent violence, such as left no doubt on his mind that such had been committed. The defence of the prisoner was ably conducted by Mr. PEOPLES, and the evidence he brought forward tended to place the previous conduct of the prosecutrix in, at least, a very dubious light. One witness, a female, swore that on one occasion she came into her house and ran to her son and kissed him, and inquired about two others of her sons if they were "purty boys". Another witness swore that she could not get her kept from going out at night to the prostitutes on the street. The prisoner got a good character from Mr. RICHARDS, with whom he lived at the time. That gentleman admitted, however, that he had cause, on one occasion, to caution him against bringing females of an improper description about his place. He, also, got a good character from Mr. DENNY and Mr. BUCHANAN, with both of whom he had lived for some time. His Lordship then charged the Jury at great length, who immediately brought in a verdict of Not Guilty. The Court then adjourned. Teena -- www.cotyrone.com http://lists.cotyrone.com/mailman/listinfo/ulsterancestry https://www.facebook.com/groups/CoTyroneIrelandGenealogy/
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