ANGLO-CELT JANUARY 24, 1954 DEATH BY DROWNING--A man name GALLIGAN, was drowned in a ditch as he was returning from Kilnaleck to his home on Tuesday last. An inquest was held on the body by Wm. POLLOCK, Esq., on Saturday, when a verdict of "Found drowned" was returned. ____________________________________________________________ On Tuesday last a man named Peter HAMILL, from the neighbourhood of Crossmaglen, was committed to Armagh gaol, charged with the murder of Patrick M'MAHON, a cotter living at Clonalegg, in the county Armagh. It appeared at the inquest that the deceased man had been quietly returning home from the fair of Crossmaglen in the month of November, when he was attacked by the prisoner, and received such severe injuries about the head and neck as to cause death after having lingered three weeks.--Ulster Gazette ____________________________________________________________ DIED Jan. 13, at Knappa, in this county, Wm. DERMOTT, Esq., Solicitor, in the 29th year of his age. _____________________________________________________________ County Cavan Newspaper Transcription Project