Transcribed from the 16 September 1824 edition of The Enniskillen Chronicle & Erne Packet newspaper, by permission of The British Library: Singular Military Character. Head-Office, London.--A young man, of prepossessing manners and Gentlemanlike address, but rather simply attired, was brought before the Sitting Magistrates, under care of a file of the 48th Foot, and handcuffed. He was attended into the Board-room by a private of the 48th, carrying a musquet with bayonet fixed. The name of the young man is Clements Harris; the charge against him, and sworn to, is that of being a deserter from the 45th Foot. He stated in his defence, that he did not consider himself a deserter; admitting, however, that he had enlisted into that corps in 1817, for a period of seven years. He said, that having remained one year with the regiment, he obtained a furlough for a month; he was then arrested for the sum of 23l. [£23] and placed in Monaghan gaol, where, however, he did not state that he had been kept in close custody, for that the Sheriff had indulged him with the privilege of going abroad sometimes; he was all the while in the custody of that Sheriff. An advertisement descriptive of his person, &c., had been published in The-Hue-and-cry. He wrote to the regiment, advising the officers of his arrest. He was removed to the Four Courts' Marshalsea, under a Habeas Corpus; paid the debt on Tuesday night, and, as he remarked, was then handed over to the custody of the Provost Marshal, by the Civil Power, without being allowed time to change his apparel, the common dress he wore about the yards, for better attire, which, together with considerable property in bills and notes, remained in his trunks in the prison. He said he had been apprenticed to Mr. Fleming, Attorney, of the county Monaghan. We understood that it is understood he was married to the daughter of the gaoler of Monaghan, who, with her father, is now deceased; and it is said also, that when a writ and warrant for his removal thence to Dublin was sent down to Monaghan, somebody stole it, therefore he might have continued there had he not caused his own removal by Habeas Corpus on the 19th of May last. He says that he is a connexion of the Mazarine Family[,] has been long followed by some enemies, whose object is seeking to prosecute him as a deserter as he has a claim to 1500l. [£1500] a year on an estate, to which he says he is clearly entitled. The Magistrates acting on sworn informations, remanded him on the charge of desertion, while awaiting the orders of the proper military authorities. [...] -- Dublin Paper. =======================