part 2 Baltinglass 2/4/1799 A gang of seven were arraigned before a court martial assembled in Baltinglass. Ned Fitzhenry, John Perkyns, Pat Connor, Thomas Doyle, Ned Quinn, Thomas Coyle and John Condra, they had been charged with being rebels, possessing firearms and suspected of being with a gang of robbers who had infested the Counties of Wicklow and Kildare through out the whole winter. Captain William Reeves also noted as spelt (Ryves) the commanding officer of the Dunlavin Yeomen Cavalry and the local magistrate was the sole witness at this trial. Acting on information sent to him from General Dundas he arrested all those whose names were on the list. None surrendered arms but later their friends brought their arms in to him, he said. Reeves went on to state that he knew these men to be "of notorious bad character", especially Ned Fitzhenry and John Perkyns, who were rebel leaders, he said They were transported for life. Baltinglass 9/3/1799 James Comyns was charged with rebellion and robbery of the arms, ammunition and accoutrements of Michael Fenton, a member of the Dunlavin yeomanry. After taking these from Fenton he went into Hiding in the Wicklow Mountains. Michael Fenton was the sole witness at the trial. He informed the court that he of the Dunlavin Corps of Yeoman was billeted in Comy's house in October 1798. Comyns he said made of with his arms, ammunition, helmet, cartridge box, broad sword and regimental coat and waistcoat. There were 15 rounds of ammunition in the box he stated. Three weeks hence, he informed the court a party of Glengarry Fencibles had arrested Comyns near Hacketstown close to the Wicklow Carlow Border. Fenton identified his property as he had scratched his name on the equipment, and his name also appeared in the coat and waistcoat. Comyns had nothing to say for himself only that he had committed the theft when he had drunk too much whiskey The sentence was Death and it was approved by Lord Conwallis Baltinglass-13/4/1799 John Byrne faced a court martial charged with rebellion and carrying arms against his Majesty's Forces. A yeoman of Captains corps Joseph Hawkins, said that in October 1798 he went with a party of mounted yeomen to the Glen Imaal, where many houses had been burnt by rebels. He saw a party which included the prisoner, who he had known for a long time. Some shots were exchanged and the rebels escaped across the bogland, where the cavalry could not follow. Hawkins said that when the Glengarry Fencibles arrested Byrnes he recognized him as the man who had fired the shots at the yeomen in the Glen of Imaal. James Fenton the yeoman said that he was with the party which captured Byrne, which was commanded by Lieutenant Downy of the 89th Regiment. He corroborated the evidence of Hawkins. Laurence Doyle then gave evidence. He spoke of driving a cart of leather belonging to his master Fenton, a leather merchant in November of 1798. He met Byrne who said to him that he had no need of Leather but if the "rascally Orangeman", Fenton ever came his way. " He should sell leather no more!" John Byrne was pronounced guilty as charged and sentenced to death There was no reprieve. Source reel 620 (National Library Dublin ) (and Cara's office )