ANGLO-CELT OCTOBER 20, 1848 COOTEHILL QUARTER SESSIONS Contempt of Court On Monday, Mr. James ARMSTRONG, attorney, applied to the court to have a man named Thomas OWENS committed for contempt, he having used threatening language to one of the practitioners, MR. James FORD. His Worship, after hearing the details of the case, ordered OWENS to be committed to Cavan gaol for one week. Another Case of Contempt. During the trial of a civil bill ejectment on Saturday last, the 14th instant, in which a Miss Isabella RUTHERFORD was plaintiff, and a man of the name of Patrick KINDELLAN defendant, and whilst Mr. Joseph DIXON, J.P., agent to the plaintiff, was being cross-examined by Mr. Edward M'GAURAN, defendants' attorney, the Barrister enquired from him if he had set him up a petition, and having been answered in the affirmative, his Worship said it was a gross libel on several gentlemen practitioners of the court, amongst whom he classed Mr. M'GUARAN, as defendant stated in it that he might not expect justice would awarded to him, as Tom OWENS was clerk to Mr. FORD, Hugh OWENS to Mr. ERSKINE, and James OWENS to Mr. M'GAURAN; on hearing which the latter gentleman declined to act futher on his behalf; and the Barrister having been informed by KINDELLAN that it was a man of the name of Sylvester CAMPAIGNE that drew up the petition for him, and that he did not instruct him to libel any of the attorneys of the court, his Worship directed one of the police to bring Sylvester CAMPAIGNE into court, who admitted that it was he had drawn up the petition for KINDELLEN, and the latter, on being sworn repeated his statement that he did not instruct CAMPAIGNE to libel or say anything against the attorneys in his petition when he employed him to draw it up for him, but merely to pray that his Worship would be good enough to give a favourable consideration when it came on to be tried; whereupon his Worship ordered CAMPAIGNE to be committed to the Bridewell of Cootehill for forty-eight hours for contempt of court. However, on it having been afterwards represented to him that CAMPAIGNE was drunk when he drew up the petition, his Worship ordered him to be discharged on Sunday morning. Another Case. On the trial of a civil bill process, on Monday evening, in which one Bridget PONSONBY was plaintiff, and James OWENS defendant, for £3 10s, the amount of an I.O.U. Thomas OWENS (father of the defendant) was brought from the bridewell to prove that his son was not of age when he signed it, and that it was passed to the paintiff to procure his (Thomas OWENS') discharge from the gaol of Cavan, where he was detained under a civil bill decree at the suit of the plaintiff. The Barrister informed Mr. Moutray ERSKINE, the defendant's attorney, that unless he would produce some other evidence to prove the minority of the defendant he would pronounce a decree in favour of the plaintiff, as he would not depend upon the testimony given by Thomas OWENS in favour of his son. ______________________________________________________________ County Cavan Newspaper Transcription Project