ANGLO CELT - May 26, 1856 ------------------------------------------- COOTEHILL PRESENTMENT SESSIONS. The presentment sessions for the barony of Tullygarvey was held in Cootehill on Thursday last before Thomas JOHNSTON, Esq., J.P., Redhill Demesne (Chairman); Samuel MOOREHEAD, Esq., J.P. FORTWILLIAM, Cootehill; and Edward M'INTOSH, Esq., J.P. Cootehill -- with whom were associated the following CESS-PAYERS: Messrs. Samuel MARTIN, Tullyvin Robert ARGUE, Gortsken Phil. SMITH, Artons Charles MURPHY, Newgrove Mills, Edward M'CAULEY, Rathtrossan(?) and Patt DEVINE, Kilnagarbet. Messrs. Edward E. MAYNE, Secretary to the Grand Jury, and ---- GAHAN, County Surveyor, were in attendance. At these sessions there were scarce three dozen persons present. Mr. GAHAN refused to certify for a number of presentments of contractors, on account of (in his opinion) their roads not having been in repair or finished at the time prescribed by their bonds; and consequently were refused to be (flated?) or presented for, save one or two ; that of Mr. Thomas M'CABE, of Dromouns, for the old Cornabase road ; and the road from Cootehill to Bailieborough, of which Mr. Michael SMITH, of Drung, was the contractor, which, having been opposed by Mr. Charles MURPHY (one of the associated cess-payers), an angry and acrimonious discussion took place, terminating in Mr. SMITH's presentment being passed by the majority of the Bench, on account of Mr. MURPHY having refused to give Mr. SMITH liberty to quarry stones in a quarry belonging to him (Mr. MURPHY). MALICIOUS INJURIES. An application was made by Widow Ellen CARAHER of Dromona, for the malicious burning of her office-house, a byre, and a barn, on the night of the 15h or early in the morning of the 15th of February last. Damages laid at 11£. 10s. 6d. It appeared in evidence that at the time and place in question the malicious injury was perpetrated, and that it amounted to the sum aforesaid ; that it was in consequence of Mrs. CARRAHER having taken some land (the estate of Mr. R. BURROWES) out of which a defaulting tenant had been ejected. The application was opposed by cess-payers residing in the neighbourhood, on the ground that the fire was accidental. The Court granted 10£. damages. INJURY TO A MILL-RACE. Mr. Charles MURPHY of Newgrove Mills, (one of the associated cess-payers), then applied for 5£. for a malicious injury alleged to have been done in his mill-race, which was opposed by Mr. John BERRY, Wilson DUNLOP, and other cess-payers. After an angry discussion, the Bench -- upon a division -- decided upon granting the sum of 1£. with the view of having the matter brought before the Grand Jury and Judge at the next assizes of Cavan, as it relates to a question of title of proprietary. The presentments for provision for deserted children were then disposed of -- the applications for which have decreased amazingly -- and the court ad- (transcriber's note: unfortunately, the article is cut off at this point.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CORONER'S INQUEST. A CHILD BURNED TO DEATH. -- Dr. MACFADEN, one of the coroners of this county, held an inquest in Cootehill on Saturday, sen'night(?), on the remains of a male infant child, aged three years, son of a labourer of the name of John DALY, who was burned on the day previous (Friday, 20th inst.) The following are briefly the facts elicited in evidence : -- John DALY, the father, who is a widower, with three children, all sons, went to attend his usual avocation as a truck-barrow man, on that day (Friday), which is the market day of Cootehill, and left his son, the deceased, in care of an elder brother, a child aged about six years, who neglected his duty and went out to play, and on his return in about two hours, found his little brother, the deceased, outside the gable-end of the house, which is a cabin situate in the immediate suburbs of the town, with its clothes all burned. He then alarmed the neighbours, and, amongst the rest who came to his assistance, was a woman of the n! ame of Mary BRADY, who took up the child and placed it in her apron, and carried it to the house of a neighbour. There was no evidence as to how the melancholy accident occurred or the cause of it. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the facts. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DEATH OF FREDERICK WM. CONWAY, ESQ. Died, at ten o'clock on Tuesday morning, at his residence, Upper Rathminer, after a short and severe illness, Frederick William CONWAY, Esq., Editor and Proprietor of the Dublin Evening Post. His remains will be interred on to-morrow (Friday) in Glasnetlin(? - very difficult to read) Cemetery. ==================================================== County Cavan Newspaper Transcription Project