20-3-1836 From the Times. At the Nenagh assizes William Fogarty was tried and convicted for sending a letter to John Brindley, threatening him with death if he did not pay a debt of 20s. After about a half hour's deliberations the jury found the prisoner guilty. In passing sentence the Judge said;- "William Fogarty, in the most providential manner the evidence in this case has come to light. You have been convicted on the clearest evidence of a most serious offence, for the man who will in secret send a threatening letter to another is coward enough to hire an assassin to take the life of him against whom he has a grudge. In a adjoining county a wretched man lies who will shortly forfeit his life to the outraged laws of his Country, for hiring a felon, who has already suffered death, to commit murder. Your crime is one which breaks up social harmony, and spreads terror throughout the community. Your sentence is that you undergo four years penal servitude". John Clifford, a teacher of writing, one of the witnesses in the case, was ordered into custody, in consequence of having given his evidence very reluctantly. At a subsequent trial the Judge said he was just informed that a Crown witness had been arrested in the court in a Civil suit. This was a contempt of court, for which he had the power of committing the parties. He would hereafter deal most severely with any person who should be guilty of any such audacious attempt to check the administration of justice. Mary

HELLO, PLEASE UN SCRIBE ME TILL FURTHER NOTICE OFF TO TIPPERARY IN THE MORNING LARAINE FROM OZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Heaphy" <tipwex@eircom.net> To: "County Tipperary" <CoTipperary-L@rootsweb.com>; "Irl Tipp" <IRL-TIPPERARY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 6:16 AM Subject: [IRL-TIPPERARY] 20-3-1836 Times > 20-3-1836 From the Times. > > At the Nenagh assizes William Fogarty was tried and convicted for sending > a > letter to John Brindley, threatening him with death if he did not pay a > debt > of 20s. After about a half hour's deliberations the jury found the > prisoner > guilty. > > In passing sentence the Judge said;- > > "William Fogarty, in the most providential manner the evidence in this > case > has come to light. You have been convicted on the clearest evidence of a > most serious offence, for the man who will in secret send a threatening > letter to another is coward enough to hire an assassin to take the life of > him against whom he has a grudge. In a adjoining county a wretched man > lies > who will shortly forfeit his life to the outraged laws of his Country, for > hiring a felon, who has already suffered death, to commit murder. Your > crime > is one which breaks up social harmony, and spreads terror throughout the > community. Your sentence is that you undergo four years penal servitude". > > John Clifford, a teacher of writing, one of the witnesses in the case, was > ordered into custody, in consequence of having given his evidence very > reluctantly. > > At a subsequent trial the Judge said he was just informed that a Crown > witness had been arrested in the court in a Civil suit. This was a > contempt > of court, for which he had the power of committing the parties. He would > hereafter deal most severely with any person who should be guilty of any > such audacious attempt to check the administration of justice. > > > > Mary > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-TIPPERARY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message