Mick, Thanks for this item! A completely new Conoran to add to my files, and so far, the only one in Carlow town. Karen. > Date: Sat, 26 May 2012 18:38:09 +0100 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [IRL-CARLOW] 1844,Conoran,Fanning,White. > > Pat Purcell Papers. > 1844. > THE INFORMATION of Anthony Fanning of Ardenteagle, Parish of Killeshin, > Barony of Slivemarige, Queen's County, who being duly sworn on the Holy > Evangelists deposeth and saith that on the fourteenth day of March 1844~~~ > I went into the shop of Thomas Conoran of the town of Carlow, I asked him > what his Salt fish was a pound - he said 2 pence - I asked had he none at > less price - he said he had and shewed me some fish at 1 penny per pound - > I asked him if he was sure it was good ; he said it was quite good , but > that it had been injured in the Carriage ; > I then bought some of this fish / about 6 pound / . I took it home - and > on Cooking it, it had proved to be not fit for food, quite rotten - my wife > and child eat a bit of it - and both of them have been sick ever since - . > I called again this morning on the said Conoran to complain about the fish > - I asked him to give me some in place of it = he refused to do so or to > give me back my money insisting that the fish was quite good - . > I now Swear that the fish so bought from the said Conoran is not fit for > human food ~~ > (signed) Anthony, hisXmark, Fanning. > Sworn before me at Carlow this 18th March 1844 - having been first truly > read to Informant by me > (signed) Matthew Esmond White. > The above-named Anthony Fanning hereby acknowledgeth himself to be indebted > to our Sovereign Lady the Queen in the Sum of Ten Pounds Sterling. > Conditioned that he be and appear at the next Sessions to be held at Carlow > and do then and there prosecute the above-named Thomas Conoran and do also > produce the Fish above alluded to and do attend from Sessions to Sessions > for such purpose until discharged by the Court. > Taken and acknowledged before Me, this 18th day of March 1844. (signed) > Matthew Esmond White. (signed) Anthony, hisXmark, Fanning. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message