22-11-1769 Freeman's Journal. A few days ago Mary Booholy, Dennis Costnody, and Richard Fitzgerald, all of Fethard, in the County of Tipperary, read their Recantation from the errors of the Church of Rome, and embraced the Protestant Religion in the Parish Church of Killenaule. 24-3-1832 From the Clonmel Advertiser. Clonmel Court. Cody V. Fox and others. >From the great length of the proceedings in this case, which occupied the court throughout the whole of Saturday and Monday, up to a quarter past two o'clock yesterday, we are unable to enter on even a sketch of its complicated details, and can only state, briefly, that its object was to ascertain whether the plaintiff, James Cody (A poor Carpenter) was, as he represented himself to be, the nearest of kin and heir at law to the late Mr. Terence O'Donnell, of Sackville Street, Dublin, boot and shoe maker, (a native of Carrick-on-Suir), who died intestate and without issue in 1827, leaving a large property in cash, bank stock, and other personal effects, for which eleven other claimants (the defendants in this trial) have appeared. The case had been previously tried at the last Summer Assizes for this County, but upon a different issue, on which occasion nine of the present defendants were plaintiffs, and obtained a verdict against the then defendant, the present plaintiff. This verdict having been set aside by the Master of the Rolls, the case now came on under a new issue, reversing the relative position of the parties, and, after a trial which (already stated), lasted the greater part of three days, the jury brought in a verdict in favour of the plaintiff, Cody---thus establishing his claims to the large fortune in dispute, as the first cousin and heir at law of the deceased Terence O'Donnell, to the exclusion of all the defendants, who claimed to be related to the deceased in the degree of second cousins. 22-3-1861 From the Times. Record Court. Burnett V. Maher. This was an action for mesue rates, for over holding possession of a farm near Thurles, containing 94 acres. It appeared that the defendant had been tenant to the plaintiff from the month of August, 1859. Though he had been in occupation only one year, he had paid two and a half years rent, and had been served with a notice to quit that possession, under a habere, in November 1860, and Maher, the defendant was left in possession, as a caretaker, and continued as caretaker until December 1860, when he refused to give up possession, and this action was brought for the mesue rates, between the 11th December and the 1st of Feb. The jury found a verdict of one farthing damages for the Plaintiff. Sergeant Armstrong and Mr. Lover for the Plaintiff . Mr. William Ryan for the defendant. 5-12-1770 Freeman's Journal. About 7 O'Clock last Sunday night as William Cody, of Ballyrichard, near Carrick, and his daughter, were returning home from Carrick, they were way-laid by a party of fellows on horseback, who knocked the father of his horse, and forcibly carried off his daughter, but as they were passing through the village of Oning, the girl's cries alarmed some gentlemen who had spend the evening with the Rev.Mr. Lanigan, who with great humanity mounted their horses, pursued the villains about two miles up the mountains, rescued the girl from the hands of her ravishers, and secured one of them, named John Dalton, whom the gentlemen conducted to a Magistrate, to be dealt with according to his deserts. 15-9-1770 Freeman's Journal. On Thursday the 6th inst, a man was executed at Philipstown for murder, during the execution the Mob (which was very great) were remarkably quiet, but as soon as the execution was over, they stoned the hangman to death, and the body lay for two or three days under the gallows. This poor unfortunate creature was the person that hung Sheedy the Priest, which is supposed to be the reason for this outrage. 29-7-1861 Times. Assault. Nenagh, Tipperary The Queen V. Patrick Hough, Jeremiah Hough, Michael Darcy, John Darcy, and Malachi Hough. The prisoners were indicted for that they, on the 16th June last, at Ballyneavin, in this County, did inflict grevious bodily harm on one Patrick Walsh. It appeared that all the parties were at a dance on that day (Sunday) when the prisoners beat the prosecutor with a loaded butt of a whip, struck him with stones, and kicked him, whereby he was severely injured. On cross examination it appeared that the prosecutor had knocked down on of the prisoners some days before, and had given some great provocation. The jury found the prisoners guilty of a common assault. The Queen V. the same prisoners. This was an assault on the last prosecutor's brother. Found guilty of causing grevious bodily harm. 17-8-1769 Freeman's Journal. Marriage at Rahealty, Thurles, Co. Tipp between Mr. Pierce Byrne, of Ballyshellan, to Miss Kitty Kennedy. 16-8-1862 From the Times. The Bansha Poisoning case. The woman, Ellen O'Donnell, who, as stated in a previous number of the Irish Times, was arrested on charge of having administered poison to her aged mother, Catherine Doran, at Cappauniacke, Bansha, on June last, has been discharged by Mr. P.C. Howley.R.M. 22-3-1861 From the Times. Richard Maher, John Bergin, Martin Bergin, and John Maher, were indicted for a grevious assault on Timothy Walshe; D. Maher for a like offence on Laurence Walsh, and Patrick Bergin and Denis Maher Snr., for a like offence upon William Bergin, Timothy Walshe and Malachi Fogarty for a like offence on John Maher, William Bergin for an assault on Daniel Maher, and William Quinlan for an assault. The prisoners had a faction fight in Roscrea, on the 28th of Jan. last when going to a funeral. Mr. W. Ryan defended some of the prisoners, and Mr. Edward Johnstone the rest of them. Mr. Ryan and Mr. Johnstone each addressed his Lordship, and remarking that as this fight had arisen without any premeditation, they thought that the ends of justice would be fully satisfied by the prisoners pleading guilty. Accordingly the pleaded guilty. They were bound over in their own recognizances to keep the peace for six months. John Kennanney was indicted for an assault upon Daniel Ryan, endangering his life, also for a grevious assault. The prosecutor's wife swore that she was coming after her husband from Templemore, and saw the prisoner striking her husbands head with a stone, that she endeavoured to take the stone out of the prisoner's hand but was unable to do so. Other witnesses were produced, who proved that they saw the prosecutor lying on the ground, and the prisoner giving him a kick. It was suggested for the prisoner that the prosecutor had fallen on the road, and thereby sustained the injuries which he had received. Dr. Pinchin, of Templemore, proved that the prosecutor's injuries were very serious, and that, at the time he first saw him, he (Dr. Pinchin) thought the prosecutor's life was in danger. The jury convicted the prisoner of an assault inflicting grevious bodily harm. 19-1-1797 Freeman's Journal. In the matter of Richard Elliott, Esq. a lunatick. Pursuant to an order made in this case, bearing the date of the 31st Dec. last whereby it was referred to me in the absence or illness of William Henn, esq., I will on Wed. the 8th day of Feb. next, at two o'clock in the afternoon, at the Chancery Chamber of the Four Courts on the Inns Quay, proceed to set to the highest bidder, the House and Demense Lands of Southlodge in the County of Tipperary, being the estate of the said lunatick, containing 180 acres, for the term of three years. Dated this day, the 10th of Jan. 1797. Edward Westby. Further particulars available from George Shaw, Attorney, Peter Street, Dublin. 16-8-1862 Times. At the last Fethard Petty Sessions a man named Denis Maher, was returned for trial for having in his possession, within a proclaimed district, a quantity of powder, for which he had no licence. It seems that an outrage was committed at the residence of a farmer named Moynan, living at Lismoynon, by some persons, who fired several shots, dug a grave in a field opposite to the house, and placed a threatening notice on the hall door. The powder was found on the dresser in Maher's house, who is supposed to be one of the party implicated in the attack referred to. A similar charge was preferred against a person of the name of Fitzgerald, for having some shot and arms in his possession, contrary to the provisions of the 12th section of the Crime and Outrage Act, 11th and 12th Vic., which case was also send for trial at the ensuing quarter sessions.

Mary, You are a treasure! How do you ever find these very obscure news reports? They are absolutely fascinating. In today's batch, you included a very important (for me) report from 1770 on a hangman being stoned to death after an execution, with the explanation that the crowd had been motivated to kill this man because he had been the executioner for "Sheedy the Priest". The reference is actually to the executioner of Father Nicholas Sheehy, who was executed with my ancestor Ned Meehan in 1766. There had been stories that vengeance reached many of those responsible for the judicial murders, but this is documentation. Thank you! Ted ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Heaphy" <tipwex@eircom.net> To: "Tipperary" <cotipperary@rootsweb.com>; "Tipperary IRL" <IRL-TIPPERARY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 5:52 AM Subject: [COTIPPERARY] Assorted Newspaper Reports. > 22-11-1769 Freeman's Journal. > > A few days ago Mary Booholy, Dennis Costnody, and Richard Fitzgerald, all > of > Fethard, in the County of Tipperary, read their Recantation from the > errors > of the Church of Rome, and embraced the Protestant Religion in the Parish > Church of Killenaule. > > > > 24-3-1832 From the Clonmel Advertiser. > > Clonmel Court. > > Cody V. Fox and others. > >>From the great length of the proceedings in this case, which occupied the > court throughout the whole of Saturday and Monday, up to a quarter past > two > o'clock yesterday, we are unable to enter on even a sketch of its > complicated details, and can only state, briefly, that its object was to > ascertain whether the plaintiff, James Cody (A poor Carpenter) was, as he > represented himself to be, the nearest of kin and heir at law to the late > Mr. Terence O'Donnell, of Sackville Street, Dublin, boot and shoe maker, > (a > native of Carrick-on-Suir), who died intestate and without issue in 1827, > leaving a large property in cash, bank stock, and other personal effects, > for which eleven other claimants (the defendants in this trial) have > appeared. The case had been previously tried at the last Summer Assizes > for > this County, but upon a different issue, on which occasion nine of the > present defendants were plaintiffs, and obtained a verdict against the > then > defendant, the present plaintiff. This verdict having been set aside by > the > Master of the Rolls, the case now came on under a new issue, reversing the > relative position of the parties, and, after a trial which (already > stated), > lasted the greater part of three days, the jury brought in a verdict in > favour of the plaintiff, Cody---thus establishing his claims to the large > fortune in dispute, as the first cousin and heir at law of the deceased > Terence O'Donnell, to the exclusion of all the defendants, who claimed to > be > related to the deceased in the degree of second cousins. > > > > 22-3-1861 From the Times. > > Record Court. > > Burnett V. Maher. > > This was an action for mesue rates, for over holding possession of a farm > near Thurles, containing 94 acres. It appeared that the defendant had been > tenant to the plaintiff from the month of August, 1859. Though he had been > in occupation only one year, he had paid two and a half years rent, and > had > been served with a notice to quit that possession, under a habere, in > November 1860, and Maher, the defendant was left in possession, as a > caretaker, and continued as caretaker until December 1860, when he refused > to give up possession, and this action was brought for the mesue rates, > between the 11th December and the 1st of Feb. The jury found a verdict of > one farthing damages for the Plaintiff. > > Sergeant Armstrong and Mr. Lover for the Plaintiff . > > Mr. William Ryan for the defendant. > > > > 5-12-1770 Freeman's Journal. > > About 7 O'Clock last Sunday night as William Cody, of Ballyrichard, near > Carrick, and his daughter, were returning home from Carrick, they were > way-laid by a party of fellows on horseback, who knocked the father of his > horse, and forcibly carried off his daughter, but as they were passing > through the village of Oning, the girl's cries alarmed some gentlemen who > had spend the evening with the Rev.Mr. Lanigan, who with great humanity > mounted their horses, pursued the villains about two miles up the > mountains, > rescued the girl from the hands of her ravishers, and secured one of them, > named John Dalton, whom the gentlemen conducted to a Magistrate, to be > dealt > with according to his deserts. > > > > 15-9-1770 Freeman's Journal. > > On Thursday the 6th inst, a man was executed at Philipstown for murder, > during the execution the Mob (which was very great) were remarkably quiet, > but as soon as the execution was over, they stoned the hangman to death, > and > the body lay for two or three days under the gallows. This poor > unfortunate > creature was the person that hung Sheedy the Priest, which is supposed to > be > the reason for this outrage. > > > > 29-7-1861 Times. > > Assault. Nenagh, Tipperary > > The Queen V. Patrick Hough, Jeremiah Hough, Michael Darcy, John Darcy, and > Malachi Hough. > > The prisoners were indicted for that they, on the 16th June last, at > Ballyneavin, in this County, did inflict grevious bodily harm on one > Patrick > Walsh. > > It appeared that all the parties were at a dance on that day (Sunday) when > the prisoners beat the prosecutor with a loaded butt of a whip, struck him > with stones, and kicked him, whereby he was severely injured. > > On cross examination it appeared that the prosecutor had knocked down on > of > the prisoners some days before, and had given some great provocation. > > The jury found the prisoners guilty of a common assault. > > The Queen V. the same prisoners. > > This was an assault on the last prosecutor's brother. > > Found guilty of causing grevious bodily harm. > > > > 17-8-1769 Freeman's Journal. > > Marriage at Rahealty, Thurles, Co. Tipp between Mr. Pierce Byrne, of > Ballyshellan, to Miss Kitty Kennedy. > > 16-8-1862 From the Times. > > The Bansha Poisoning case. > > The woman, Ellen O'Donnell, who, as stated in a previous number of the > Irish > Times, was arrested on charge of having administered poison to her aged > mother, Catherine Doran, at Cappauniacke, Bansha, on June last, has been > discharged by Mr. P.C. Howley.R.M. > > 22-3-1861 From the Times. > > Richard Maher, John Bergin, Martin Bergin, and John Maher, were indicted > for > a grevious assault on Timothy Walshe; D. Maher for a like offence on > Laurence Walsh, and Patrick Bergin and Denis Maher Snr., for a like > offence > upon William Bergin, Timothy Walshe and Malachi Fogarty for a like offence > on John Maher, William Bergin for an assault on Daniel Maher, and William > Quinlan for an assault. The prisoners had a faction fight in Roscrea, on > the > 28th of Jan. last when going to a funeral. Mr. W. Ryan defended some of > the > prisoners, and Mr. Edward Johnstone the rest of them. Mr. Ryan and Mr. > Johnstone each addressed his Lordship, and remarking that as this fight > had > arisen without any premeditation, they thought that the ends of justice > would be fully satisfied by the prisoners pleading guilty. > > Accordingly the pleaded guilty. > > They were bound over in their own recognizances to keep the peace for six > months. > > John Kennanney was indicted for an assault upon Daniel Ryan, endangering > his > life, also for a grevious assault. The prosecutor's wife swore that she > was > coming after her husband from Templemore, and saw the prisoner striking > her > husbands head with a stone, that she endeavoured to take the stone out of > the prisoner's hand but was unable to do so. Other witnesses were > produced, > who proved that they saw the prosecutor lying on the ground, and the > prisoner giving him a kick. It was suggested for the prisoner that the > prosecutor had fallen on the road, and thereby sustained the injuries > which > he had received. > > Dr. Pinchin, of Templemore, proved that the prosecutor's injuries were > very > serious, and that, at the time he first saw him, he (Dr. Pinchin) thought > the prosecutor's life was in danger. The jury convicted the prisoner of an > assault inflicting grevious bodily harm. > > > > 19-1-1797 Freeman's Journal. > > In the matter of Richard Elliott, Esq. a lunatick. > > Pursuant to an order made in this case, bearing the date of the 31st Dec. > last whereby it was referred to me in the absence or illness of William > Henn, esq., I will on Wed. the 8th day of Feb. next, at two o'clock in the > afternoon, at the Chancery Chamber of the Four Courts on the Inns Quay, > proceed to set to the highest bidder, the House and Demense Lands of > Southlodge in the County of Tipperary, being the estate of the said > lunatick, containing 180 acres, for the term of three years. Dated this > day, > the 10th of Jan. 1797. > > Edward Westby. Further particulars available from George Shaw, Attorney, > Peter Street, Dublin. > > > > 16-8-1862 Times. > > At the last Fethard Petty Sessions a man named Denis Maher, was returned > for > trial for having in his possession, within a proclaimed district, a > quantity > of powder, for which he had no licence. It seems that an outrage was > committed at the residence of a farmer named Moynan, living at Lismoynon, > by > some persons, who fired several shots, dug a grave in a field opposite to > the house, and placed a threatening notice on the hall door. The powder > was > found on the dresser in Maher's house, who is supposed to be one of the > party implicated in the attack referred to. A similar charge was preferred > against a person of the name of Fitzgerald, for having some shot and arms > in > his possession, contrary to the provisions of the 12th section of the > Crime > and Outrage Act, 11th and 12th Vic., which case was also send for trial at > the ensuing quarter sessions. > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COTIPPERARY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >