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    1. 7-7-1882 From the Times
    2. Mary Heaphy
    3. 7-1-1882 From the Times Last Thursday night a raid for arms was made in the Glen of Aherlow. Among the houses visited were those of Thomas Kennedy, Thomas Brian, John Hogan, James Mulhally, and others. The raiders had their faces blackened and wore military overcoats. In each case they demanded arms, and the farmers had no alternative but compliance. The raid caused a great deal of terror in the district. At Carrick-on-Suir Petty sessions yesterday, three young men named Corbett, and one named Shea, sons of tenant farmers, were charged with thrusting writs down the throat of a process server named Sheidy, who was employed by a Mr. Scully. The Prosecutor was held on his back, two writs were thrust into his mouth, and dirty water was poured upon them to effectually carry them out of sight. He was only liberated on giving a promise not to serve any more writs on the estate near Ballyneal. The magistrates came to the conclusion that the prisoners, although present, were not the ringleaders, and sentenced them to only one months imprisonment, with hard labour. Mary

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