Assorted newspapers. 4-4-1835. In a case of arson on Thursday, tried at the Tipperary Assizes, the following cross examination took place;- How many sisters have you? Witness-I'll trouble you, Sir, to know-----(laughter) Well then, I'll tell you-you had five-now will you tell me where they went.? Witness-I'll trouble you, Sir, to know-----(laughter) Well then, I'll tell you--four of them were transported. Witness--Ah, the book of the County Charges will tell you whether or no. Where did you go yourself.? Witness-I'll trouble you, Sir, to know-----(laughter) Didn't you go to England.? Witness--I did. Was it to be out of the way of the sheep.? Witness-I'll trouble you, Sir, to know-----(laughter) Why did you go to England.? Witness---My Lord, to do the best I could. (Loud Laughter) And why did you come back.? Witness---My Lord, to do the best I could. (Roars of laughter.) 21-11-1835 At the Assizes of Clonmel this week, James Tully, was placed at the bar, charged with having stolen turf on the 16th August, at Newcastle, from Thomas Geary. The value of the turf was laid in the indictment at sixpence.!! The poor wretch, Tully, whose appearance bespoke the most abject poverty, had been in gaol for some time on this charge, his prosecutor was a policeman, who swore that the prisoner took 4 sods of turf. Tully was fined a farthing and discharged. 24-1-1823 Clonmel Advertiser. On Monday night, two fellows, with their faces blackened, entered the house of a man named Tobin, near Abbey Athassal, close to Golden, from whom they took a gun, the property of Mr. John Scully. A few nights back the house of Michael Bradshaw, in the Parish of Glankeen, was attacked and entered by two armed men, who robbed the said Bradshaw of 5/. They succeeded in entering the house of Dan Ryan, of Upperchurch, from which they plundered 2/s. On Sunday night last Mr. Carroll, Chief Constable, proceeded, on information, to the lands of Rossestown, where he succeeded in apprehending a man named Edward Gaber, for being concerned in the above transaction-who is now under examination at Thurles, before the chief Magistrate. Saturday night last a person on horseback left a notice, signed Captain Rock, at the house of Mr. Lambley, at Tubberaheena, near Clonmel, ordering him to reduce his rent, and discharge a workman from his employment, otherwise certain ruin would follow him. 25-9-1848 Tipp Free Press. Mr. Fogarty, jnr., son of Mr. Burke Fogarty, of Garryvenus, Ballycahill, and Mr. William Burke, of Pallas, have been arrested. We do not know the charges that have been preferred against these gentlemen. Borrisoleigh----On this morning three Blacksmiths, two of the name of McGrath, from the neighbourhood of Upperchurch, were brought into town by a party of police under the command of Mr. Malone, S.I., from some private information he received that they were connected with Pike-Making. Other parties it is said are looked after. 14-11-1851 Nenagh Guardian. On Saturday night last Michael Brophy, of Kilrush and James Cummins, of Dovea, both employed by Mr. John Trant, Esq., of Dovea, proceeded unarmed to a house on the lands of Ballinahow, where they arrested a notorious character named Carroll, who has for some time evaded the vigilance of the police, and who is charged with stealing a sheep, the property of their employer. They conveyed him to the nearest Police Station, to be dealt with according to law.