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    1. [IRL-CARLOW] 1949, Sheep,Cow and Flour stealers.
    2. michael purcell
    3. *The Carlow Sentinel.* *June 23rd 1849.* *LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.* *CARLOW QUARTER SESSIONS.* *The sessions for the division of Carlow were opened on Monday last, by Henry Hutton, Esquire, Assistant Barrister.* *His worship was assisted in the criminal business by Charles H.Tuckey, Resident Magistrate, Henry Watters, Samuel Elliott and Thomas Haughton, Esquires.* *CRIMINAL BUSINESS.* *The following gentlemen were sworn on the grand jury : * *Major McMahon, foreman : Thomas Dowse, Richard McMullen, Geroge William Anderson, Edward M. Fitzgerald, Stanley Johnson, John Cummins, Richard Dunne, William Corrigan, John Casey, Owen Cummins, A.Coffey, James Morris, John Hanlon, Henry Birkett, Garret Nolan, Robert Kenny, James Hughes, James Watson and Robert Lawlor.* *CONVICTION OF THREE SHEEP STEALERS.* *Three men, named James Nolan, Patrick Lucas and James Kehoe, were indicted for having, on the night of the 19th of March 1849, on the lands of Moyle, killed and carried away three sheep, the property of Captain William B. McClintock Bunbury, Esquire, M.P. * *~~ Mr James Smyth being sworn, proved that on finding the skins, etc., of the sheep on the field, he noticed one of them, which had the tail attached to it, and which exactly corresponded with one of the carcases found in the police barrack at Carlow; * *the remaining skins and carcases also corresponded, so that he felt no hesitation in identifying them as the property of Captain Bunbury.* *Constable Coxe proved that he saw the prisoners coming in the direction from Moyle, about 4 o'clock on the following morning, with the carcases of the sheep tied up in three bags, and that on seeing him two of the prisoners made off, leaving Kehoe, whom he arrested ;* *he afterwards arrested Nolan in his bed, and Lucas, who absconded, he arrested in Grantham, in England, where Lucas made a declaration of his guilt before the mayor of the town, and a Justice of the Peace.* *Mr Tuckey deposed to a declaration made by James Nolan on the morning of his being arrested, stating that he ( Nolan ) together with Lucas and Kehoe did on the night of the 19th of March 1849, kill and take off the lands of Moyle three sheep, the property of Captain Bunbury.* *The prisoners were found guilty and were sentenced to seven years' transportation.* *Mr Burgess appeared for Kehoe, one of the prisoners.* *COW-STEALING.* *Joseph Brennan pleaded guilty to stealing a cow, the property of Mr Kenny of New Garden, Carlow. He was sentenced to seven years' transportation.* *TUESDAY - Second Day.* *Martin Purcell and a young lad named Thomas Crosby were indicted for taking a bag of flour from, and with assaulting a young lad named Thomas Byrne ; they were found guilty, and sentenced to 12 months imprisonment in Carlow Gaol.*

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