down? --
she
has a yellow tial.
Is the tip of that heifer's tail
white? -- There
are
some white
hairs
in
it. It is not white, but there is a
little mixture
I
think.
Did you ask Roger Tansey to go with you to
the
farm? -- I did
not. I
asked
the herd [sic] which of the gray calves was
mine.
Did you say to Cryan in going over to the
farm -
"If
you took that
heifer
I would take the other one?" - No.
Did Queenan suggest to you that the two
heifers
be put
on the farm
and
let
them out, to see what road they would take?
-- He
did,
but I
refused
to
do so.
* When did you first speak about the
wart? -- In
July.
Has the heifer now on the farm a
wart? -- No.
How much difference do you think in the
value of
the
heifers? --
About
10s.
Cross-examined -- I spoke to the herd,
Mulligan,
about
the wart
first.
To His Lordship -- This wart was only
about the
size
of a pea in
July.
I
first noticed the wart in May. I would
say my
heifer
is of a darker
yellow
colour
than the other one.
Mrs. Wynne deposed she knew the heifer,
and it
had a
wart on its
eye
before
it went to graze.
Miss Hannah Baker deposed the two men ___
before
her at
Redhill
House.
She
heard ___ about a white tail, but heard Cryan say
something
about
white
spots. She said it would be better for them, as
neighbours,
to settle
the
matter.
James Mulligan, the herd on the farm,
deposed he
saw
Wynne several
times
on the
farm. Wynne asked him did he notice any
wart
on his
heifer in
July,
before
there was any dispute at all.
Cross-examined - Did Wynne ask you about
the grey
heifers? -- He
did.
He did not know them, and asked you about
them?
-- He
did.
To His Lordship - I had 32 cattle under my
charge. Wynne asked me
about
the
wart, and he said it was not much larger than a
pea. I said I had
another
animal with a wart. I tied a hair on
it. I
thought
it was
falling
off. Wynne make a mistake about the grey heifer.
Part
of the tail of
the
heifer
on Mr. Baker's farm is white. I never
remarked
a wart
on the
heifer
presently
on the farm.
Pat Mulligan deposed Cryan came down and
asked
him
where was his
heifer
and he
told him she was in the bull paddock.
Cryan
saw
some cattle
belonging
to
Miss Baker and mistook one of them for his own.
He
told
him it was
not
and he
said no, that his heifer had a white spot on
her
tail. He
brought
him
down
to the paddock, and Cryan and the one there was
not
his heifer at
all.
He was
there when Cryan brought his cattle there but
he
could not say
is the
one
there now his. He could never detect any
wart on
the
heifer's eye.
Cryan ___ in reply to his lordship, stated
that
on the
24th June
he had
a
conversation with Michael Mulligan about the wart.
His
Lordship - I could not doubt the evidence of
the
woman. I
will
give
a
decree for £8.
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October
27, 1900
Poaching
Pat Cawley, Carrigeens Upper, prosecuted
John
Knockadalteen,
for
trespass
on the lands of Mary Cryan, of Carrigeens
Upper,
with dogs in
pursuit
of game, on the 6th October.
Mr. Fitzgerald appeared for the Game
Preservation
Society
to
prosecute,
and
Mr. R. K. Tamplin defended.
Cawley deposed that on the 6th October he
saw the
defendant,
who
is a
labourer,
with another man in
was on
the lands of
Mary
Cryan
with two greyhounds. The other person
had a dog
also. They ran
away
when
they saw him, but he ran after them. The
defendant
had a hare and
a
rabbit
under his arm, and threw them away when he saw
him.
Mr. Tamplin said he would plead guilty to
the
charge. His client
would
give a
personal undertaking not to interfere with the
lands
in future,
and
not be
the means of allowing his dogs to trespass
there. He would ask
the
Bench
to deal leniently with the case, as
poor
boy.
Mr. Fitzgerald said if he were a very poor
boy he
did
not see how
he
could
afford to keep two greyhounds without intending
to
make profit by
them.
One point in his favour was that he never
appeared in
court
before.
Mr. Henn said the majority of the
magistrates
decided
to fine him
7s.
6d.
and costs, or in default, seven days imprisonment.
He was sorry he
could
not agree
with the decision of the magistrates, as he
would
be inclined
to
impose
a heavier penalty.
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September
18, 1897
Telling
What They Did
T. Hennigan charged T. Cryan with
assaulting him
on the
16th July.
Hennigan deposed - He came into the house
and
caught
me by the
neck,
and
tried
to choke me. He also tore my neck with
his
nails.
Defendant - Did you tell the mistress that
I
kicked
the cow?
Complainant - I did.
Defendant - I only gave her a slap, and he
went
and
told Mrs.
Goulding
that I
kicked her.
Hennigan had Cryan charged with assault -
him on
the
16th August,
because
he told Mrs. Goulding that Cryan drowned her
dog. He took him
by the
shoulder
and shook him, and threatened to cut the head
off
him with the
scythe.
Chairman - We will take a lenient view of
the
case,
as this is
your
first
time to be up here. You are fined 2s.
6d. and
2s.
costs for the
first
offence
and 2s. 6d. for the second.
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26
August 1899
SUICIDE
OF A CO. LONGFORD FARMER
THE
INQUEST AND VERDICT
THE
CORONER AND THE JURY
On
Thursday morning the news of a tragedy of some
dire
description reached Longford as having been
enacted
the previous day at Ballinalee, and our
representative
set forth immediately to investigate
the
matter. The details of the occurrence are sad,
and of
such a nature as happily very rarely occurs in
Ireland.
A
man named John Crane, aged 45 years, a respectable
farmer
of independent means, residing at Soran, about
a mile
from the village of Ballinalee, committed
suicide
on Wednesday by cutting his throat. The act
was a
most determined one, as when Sergeat Tierney,
who
arrived on the scene some time after the
occurrence,
went to take the razor from the dead man’s
hand,
he found it clutched so firmly that it took
considerable
effort to remove it; and the unfortunate
man’s
head was severed almost completely from the
body.
The news of the affair spread like wildfire
throughout
the district, and in its circulation
assumed
various aspects tending to make it more
gruesome
still. Father Connolly, C.C., Ballinalee,
was
summoned, and proceeded to the place with all
possible
haste, but the man was dead before his
arrival.
On
Thursday an inquest was held by Dr. M. D. Gray,
Drumlish,
coroner for North Longford, and the
following
jury – James Trapp (foreman), Michl Lee,
James
Archibald, John Gilnagh, sen.; Myles McGill,
John
Gilnagh, jun.; John Scanlan, Peter Maguire,
Thomas
Reynolds, John Reynolds, William McLoughlin and
James
McLoughlin.
Joseph
Cosgrove did not answer, and Edwd Coyle was
excused.
Coroner
(to the jury) – Gentlemen, you will now have
to
view the body. It is a sad case, but not a
difficult
one to inquire into the cause and
circumstances
of the death of poor Crane.
The
jury then went out to another room to view the
body,
and on their return,
John
Gorman was first sworn as follows – I live in
Kiltycrovagh,
and I am a brother-in-law of the
deceased.
I was working with him at the time of his
death.
I was the first to see him after his death.
It was
about 11 o’clock on yesterday. I was over in
the
fields reaping on Wednesday morning, and his
brother-in-law
– his wife’s brother, was with me. His
name
is John Smyth. I came over about 10”30 o’clock
in the
morning from the field for a drink and I asked
Mrs.
Crane where was John, and she told me he was
after
digging some potatoes, and he came in along with
her,
and came up to the room and ‘threw’ himself on
the
bed. She told me then that he came down again,
and
was after walking out to the garden and she told
me to
go out and see if he was in the garden. I went
into
the garden and looked up and down both sides of
the
ditch and could not see him. I then came back to
the
cock of hay, and got him at the cock of hay. He
was
sitting up against the cock of hay, where the
sergeant
saw him later on. The life was only in him
when I
found him at the time.
Coroner
– How did you know the life was in him?
Witness
– Well I found him breathing.
Coroner
– Was it out on his throat he was breathing?
Witness
– I only found the “draw” on him.
Continuing
– He was lying back against the cock of hay
and
his throat was cut, and I thought I would be able
to
bring the priest before he would die, and I ran for
the
priest. I saw nothing in his hand at the time,
but
there was blood on his clothes. I saw his throat
cut.
I ran into the house first, and told his wife
not to
go into the garden till I and the priest would
come
back. I told her “he was all as one as dead” and
I told
her brother to come over and keep her from
going
into the garden. By what they tell me I
consider
he was dead before I was at Ned Coyle’s. I
came
back to the garden, and saw his head hanging down
on his
side. He was not then the same as I saw him at
first,
because when the life went out of him his head
fell
down. I then came in and got a towel and put it
over
him. I then saw a razor in his hand – in his
right
hand. I didn’t take the razor out of his hand.
I
didn’t go near him again though I was in the garden
until
the police came. The priest came before the
police,
and he said he was with the deceased some
weeks
before that. He pronounced Crane dead at the
time.
He was ailing for some time before that – he
was
complaining of a ‘beating’ on his heart. He was
at the
sea and when he came back, he complained of a
pain
in his head. He was attended by Dr. Mayne in
Longford
or Dr. Cochrane, I am not sure which, but he
was
with some doctore anyway. He was with the doctor
a week
before his death, and he have him a bottle, and
told
him to go back that day – that was the day of his
death.
I saw him that morning and I noticed nothing
strange
about him, and he was in his usual nature. I
assisted
to remove him into the house from the cock of
hay,
where he was found.
Mary
Crane, wife of the deceased was next sworn, and
deposed
– I saw my husband alive about 10 o’clock on
Wednesday
morning. He had been complaining for some
time
of his stomach, and later it turned to a
“beating”
on his heart. He went to the sea, and after
he
came back he complained of his head. He went on
Wednesday
week – the 16th August – to Dr. Cochrane in
Longford.
He was to go the day of his death again.
Dr.
Cochrane gave him a prescription and he got the
medicine
in Wilson’s Medical Hall. I did not notice
anything
peculiar about him on that morning, or since
he
went to the doctor; there was no change in him on
the
days previous to his death. He used to tell me
from
time to time that he was suffering, and I thought
it was
more imagination than real disease. He used to
smoke
a great deal, and used to drink a great deal of
tea.
They also said he was suffering from
nervousness.
Coroner
– Did he not go to five or six doctors?
Witness
– He went to four.
Coroner
– Well, that was enough to kill him!
Witness
continuing – I was with him at the sea, and he
always
ate heartily there. We were back about two
weeks
from the sea, and he was as well from that time
up to
the time of his death. On Wednesday morning he
went
out and dug some potatoes for me, and I picked
them.
He came into the house then, and went up to the
room,
and rested a while on the bed, and walked out
again,
and that was the last of him I saw ‘till I saw
him
dead. When my brother-in-law came in for a drink
I
asked him, “Did you see John out there?” and he said
he did
not, so I told him see if he was out about the
garden,
while I was getting the drink for him.
District
Inspector Padwell, Granarl (who watched the
proceedings
on behalf of the Crown) – Why did you tell
him to
look for him?
Mrs.
Crane – I wanted him to come to Longford to the
doctor.
-
What did he tell you when he came back?
-
He said John was nearly dead, and for me not
to go
into the garden till he came back. That is
all.
Sergeant
John Tierney, Ballinalee, was next sworn, and
deposed
as follows: - This occurrence was reported to
me at
a quarter to one o’clock on yesterday by Tom
Murphy,
of Soran. I met him on the road, and heard
that
the man had cut his throat. Murphy told me that
John
Crane was after cutting his throat, and was
dead.
Constable Muldoon immediately came on here, and
found
him in the garden lying on his left side, and a
razor
case at his right side, and about a foot or two
from
his right hand, and his hat was on the ditch a
few
feet away. I told the people not to remove the
body
till I got the permission of the Coroner. I
wired
to the Coroner, and he gave permission to let
the
relatives remove the deceased into the house. I
afterwards
saw the body removed into the house. When
I took
the razor out of his hand, I took possession of
it,
and I had it here – it is covered with blood.
Coroner
– I don’t want it – it is a dangerous weapon!
Sergeant
Tierney – It is, sir.
Coroner
– I don’t know what you will do with it – I
don’t
suppose there are many of the relative would
wish
to keep it as an heirloom.
Here
some of the jurors began to chat in audible tones
in the
corner of the room on some engrossing subject,
such
as the weather, when the Coroner interposed –
“That
will do! You are terrible fellows on the jury to
being
to chat in this manner!”
Dr.
Maguire here started to write out the result of
his
examination of the body, and while so engaged, the
Coroner,
addressing Sergeant Tierney, said – “Who is
that
man who did not appear?”
Sergeant
Tierney – The man who served the summons is
here,
and he has just told me it was not served
personally.
Coroner
– It is not necessary to serve it personally
when
it was served two hours previous to the inquest.
Sergeant
Tierney – Well the man was not at home – he
was
away at the forge, and they thought he would be
back.
Coroner
– No matter – he should be here!
Sergeant
Tierney – I would respectfully ask you not to
fine
him, as he is a poor man.
Coroner
– It would be better to fine him, and make him
jump
at the tune of 2 pounds.
Sergeant
Tierney – He is a poor man.
A
Juror – He is a widow’s son, and his mother and
other
brother are away in Longford and there is no one
at
home but himself.
Coroner
– No matter. If every one of you could get off
that
way we would get no jury.
The
same juror – Well, he is a poor man.
Coroner
– He would be poorer when he would pay 2
pounds.
I will let him off this time with a caution,
but if
we had only enough with him, we might be kept
until
another day to proceed with the inquest.
Dr.
Maguire then handed in his written statement as to
what
he found on examination of the body, and in it he
said –
“ I have this day examined the body of John
Crane,
who was apparently about 45 year of age. The
body was
fairly well nourished. On the neck I found
an
incised wound, which severed the windpipe and all
the
arteries. There were not other marks of
violence.
I am of the opinion that death was caused
by
hemorrhage, due to the bleeding from the wound on
his
neck, which was caused by some sharp instrument.”
Coroner
– Have any of the jurors any questions to ask?
Several
Jurors – No.
Coroner
– Well gentlemen, I suppose it is plain you
will
find a verdict in accordance with the medical
testimony.
A
Juror – Yes, we agree with that.
Coroner
– Will you add that the wound was
self-inflicted
while suffering from temporary
insanity?
Dr.
Maguire – Yes, that would be necessary.
Several
jurors said they believed the deceased was
temporarily
insane when he committed the act, and the
Coroner
wrote out a verdict in accordance, which was
signed
by all the jurors, and the inquest terminated.
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Herald 15 Sept 1900
A
KEASH LICENSING CASE
District
Inspector Fitzsimmons prosecuted Mr. Martin
Cryan,
Keash, for a breach of the Sunday Closing Act,
on
Sunday 2nd September. Patrick Regan,
Treanmacmurtagh,
and Dominick Sheerin, Tully, were
also
summoned for being found on the premises on the
occasion.
Sergeant
Conry deposed that on Sunday, 2nd September,
he was
on duty at 3:15 p.m. Before he entered the
premises
of Mr. Cryan, he saw Pat McDermott, Mr.
Cryan’s
servant, standing on the road in front of the
house,
looking in every direction. He was concealed,
and
McDermott could not see him. While McDermott was
standing
on the road he closed on him. As he
approached,
McDermott made a burst across the road in
the
direction of the public house. He called on him
to
stand, and asked him if there were any parties
inside,
and he said no, that Mr. Cryan was in bed.
When
going to the door he saw Patrick Regan and
Dominick
Sheerin at the bar through the window. He
entered
hurriedly, and met Sheerin rushing into the
kitchen.
Sheerin, when questioned as to his presence,
said
he came there for sweets, and Regan said he came
for
tobacco. As he entered he saw Mrs. Cryan take
some
glasses off the top rail of the counter, and put
them
on a lower rail.
Constable
Brennan gave corroborative evidence.
Mrs.
Margaret Cryan, the wife of the publican, deposed
the
two boys, Sheerin and Regan, came to the front
door,
and she asked them what did they want. Regan
said
he wanted tobacco, and Sheerin said he came for
some
groceries. They were in the house only a few
minutes
when the sergeant came in. They asked for no
drink
or got no drink.
Regan
gave evidence as to having come for tobacco, and
Sheering
as to having come for groceries.
Mr.
Fitzsimmons, D.I., said there was another case
against
Mr. Cryan for the same date, and perhaps they
would
hear all the cases together.
Mr.
Cryan was then prosecuted for supplying drink to
Joseph
Walsh, Greenane, and another man from
Carrowkeel,
on Sunday evening, 2nd September.
Sergeant
Conroy deposed that on the same evening he
went,
along with Constable Mulvey, to Cryan’s at about
9
o’clock. They concealed themselves close to the
front
door. At 9:30 Walsh came to the door and
knocked.
He heard a voice, which he knew was the
publican’s
inquire from the inside “who was there.”
Walsh
said he was a traveler, and was immediately
admitted.
About five minutes elapsed until the other
man
came up. He went to the front door, and went to
push
it in. Mrs. Cryan came and opened it, and bid
him
“good night” and allowed him in. He was only a
few
minutes inside when he came out accompanied by
Walsh.
Mr. Cryan came to the door, and stood outside
for
about two or three minutes, and the man who was
along
with Walsh asked Mr. Cryan for the loan of his
horse
to draw hay. Mr. Cryan said he would give him
the
horse, hands down. He saw Mrs. Cryan go in and
draw
some porter, which she handed in a gallon to her
husband,
across the counter. Mr. Cryan carried it out
to the
door and called Paddy (meaning the servant boy,
Pat
McDermott). “Here” said Mr. Cryan, “take that, and
be
careful.” He saw McDermott take the gallon to the
road,
and stand between Walsh and the other man. They
got
into a group, and as they (the police) jumped
across
the wall, the person who was holding the can of
porter
threw it up, and it fell on the hedge beside
them.
Walsh ran into the house, and he followed him,
and
when questioned, denied he was outside at all. He
asked
the other man why he was drinking porter on the
road,
and he said he was not drinking porter at all,
or saw
not drink. McDermott denied he took out the
gallon
at all. He (sergeant) showed the gallon to
McDermot,
and asked him was it his, and he said it was
not.
In
reply to Mr. Tamplin, who defended, he said Walsh
is a
nephew to Mr. Cryan.
Constable
Mulvey gave corroborative evidence.
Mr.
Cryan was examined and deposed that Walsh is a
relative
of his, and is every day in his house. The
men
did not ask for drink that night, or he did not
sent
out any. He was in the habit of lending his
horse
to the other man, who, on this day asked him for
the
loan of the horse, which he gave him. He (Mr.
Cryan)
asked him to have a drink, but he refused to
take
it. No porter left his house that night.
Similar
evidence was given by Walsh and the other men.
Mr.
Tamplin having addressed the bench, Mr. Henn said
as
regards the first case, the magistrates had not the
slightest
doubt there was a breach of the law
committed.
Sergeant
Conry, in reply to Mr. Henn, said there were
two
previous convictions against the house.
Mr.
Henn said that in the first case they would fine
Mr.
Cryan 1 pound and costs, and Regan and Sheering,
who
were found on the premises, would be finds 2s, 6d.
each
and costs. As regards the second case, they
would
fine Mr. Cryan 1 pound and costs, and order the
conviction
to be endorsed on the license. The two men
who
were there on the occasion would be fined 2s 6d.
each
and costs. He must say if he were trying the case
himself
he would endorse both convictions on the license.
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April
4, 1896
Boyle
Quarter Sessions
Damages
for Seduction
John Cryan, Culthacreighton, sued John
M'Elroe
for
the sum of £20,
damages
for the seduction of his daughter, Catherine
Cryan.
Mr. P.C.P. MacDermot appeared for
plaintiff, and
Mr. W.
J.
Robinson
for
the
defendant.
Catherine Cryan deposed that he seduced
her on
the
7th January,
1894,
and
she became a mother on the 7th October, 1894.
She
denied
having
ever
been
seduced by any other person. When she
complained
to
him, he
advised
her
to
jump off a wall.
John Cryan, the plaintiff, said the
defendant was
almost
every day
in
his
house - at least, four evenings in the week -
after
coming from
Ballinameen
with the post. He first heard about his
seducing
his
daughter
a
few
months before the child was born. He
then spoke
to him
and asked
him
what
he was going to do. M'Enroe said he did
not
know. He met him
again
shortly
afterwards when coming to the market, and
again
he said he did
not
know
what to do.
Mrs. Cryan, mother of Catherine Cryan,
said she
asked
him what he
was
going
to do about it one day when coming to Boyle.
He
said
that he
knew
what
he was
going to do, and that was what he would do.
Her
daughter told
her
that
he said she should go in to the workhouse for
twelve
months, and
that
he
would
then pay her way to America.
Several other witnesses were examined for
the
plaintiff.
The defendant was called. He admitted seducing
the
girl, but
disputed
the
time. He did not care whether a decree
was
granted
against him or
not;
he
would never pay a penny on it. He would
resign his
situation.
Furthermore,
if the decree were granted against him on
the
process, he
would
proceed
against Cryan for defamation of character
(laughter).
His Honor said he was a dare-devil
character,
and,
from the manner
in
which
he gave his evidence, an impertinent one.
He
would
grant a
decree
for
£10
against him.
Date: Wed,
24 Oct 2001 16:35:13 +0100 (BST)
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Subject: [Cryan
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Roscommon
Herald Articles No 49
Thanks
to Leslie Poche for the typing
July
4, 1896
Outdoor
Relief in Breedogue
The Local Government Board wrote
forwarding a
letter
which they
had
received
from John Higgins, Ballinvoher, Frenchpark,
relative
to the
administration
of outdoor relief in the Breedogue
electoral
division:
--
"I
must
respectfully beg leave to write to you regarding
the
greatest
imposition
that
has been used in the electoral division of
Breedogue
for the last
three
years
by giving Pat Cryan Ballinvoher, money at the
expense
of the rate
payers
of the division. We beg to protest
against
such
being allowed
be the
division,
Pat Cryan holds 18 acres 1 rood 7 perches
statute
of the
cheapest
land
on the estate. By the allowance of
reduction he
is
getting, he is
paying
yearly only £3 15s 3d for all that of land.
I
have
known Cryan
this
present
year to get £5 10s from Edward Neary, money in
hand
for grazing
on
part
of the grass. I have known him to get £2
10s for
oats
from Tom
Murren,
and
before this in January £6 0s 9d for con-acre, both
money
in hand
and on
the
1st May he got £5 for young pigs Cryan also keeps
an
entire pig,
and I
calculate
he makes £20 a year by that means. He
has
also a
car, and
his
son
and
himself are earning 2s a day. Pat Cryan
had got
£3 8s
some time
before
unaware
of the ratepayers for his wife. She
framed
herself
sick at the
time,
and
kept so for a considerable time in hopes to be
bringing
the money
off
the
division. Pat Cryan had at that time two stacks of
corn
in his haggard
but
he
wanted to eat his neighbour's share before his own,
and I
say,
gentlemen,
he has
a right to be make pay it back again. I
hope,
gentlemen
you
will
caution
the guardians of the Boyle workhouse to put a
restraint
to
this,
and
also
caution the relieving-officer not to give money
to a
landholder
such
as
Pat
Cryan. He has applied now at present for
£3 to
clothe
his
daughter,
I
supose
for America. I have known this girl
could have
earned
£5 for
the
last
12
months at her serivce. I was present
when she was
offered
£1 5s a
quarter. She is at home with her idle mother during
that
time. Now
they
want
the ratepayers of the division to give her
demands,
which we
object
to.
I can
state all this before the board of guardians in
Boyle."
R.O. Banahan was called before the board,
and
stated
that, by the
direction
of Dr. Coen, Pat Cryan's wife received l2
14s in
provisional
relief
about
four years ago, after her confinement.
Mr. Cox said that the sum of l1 was lately
applied
for by him,
with
the
approval
of a number of the ratepayers, of whom
Higgins
was one, to
enable
Cryan's
daughter to emigrate to America. Higgins
even
wanted
to make
it
30s.
Some John Higgins applied for relief some time
ago,
and he
thought it
extraordinary. He must have had little to do, to sit
down
and write
such a
tissue
of statements.
Relieving-officer Banahan said that the Cryans
never
got any
relief
but
the £2
14s.
The chairman made a note to this effect on
Higgins'
letter, and
the
discussion
ceased.
Date: Wed,
24 Oct 2001 16:38:40 +0100 (BST)
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Roscommon
Herald Articles No 50
Thanks
to Leslie Poche for the typing
March
25, 1899
The
Identity of a Grave
Mary Kilmartin prosecuted Laurence McDermott,
Ballinultha,
for
trespassing
on a plot, her property, in a certain
graveyard.
Mary Kilmartin deposed the last member of
her
family
who was
buried
in
the
plot was her brother, who died eight or nine years
ago. This was
the
same
grave in which McDermott buried his wife.
She
never
gave him any
permission
to use the plot.
Laurence McDermott applied for an
adjournment for
the
attendance
of a
man
named Hugh Rorke, but the case was proceeded with.
James Cryan, Ballinultha, deposed he was
one of
the
men that made
the
grave
for Mrs. McDermott's remains. He could
not
prove
that it was the
same
grave
Mrs. Kilmartin complained of now.
Mr. Jones - Did you point out to this man
the
place
his wife is
buried?
Complainant - No. I did not, sir.
Mr. Jones - Did you ask Cryan to go to the
graveyard
and show you
the
grave
in which Larry McDermott buried his wife?
Complainant - No, sir.
Mr. Jones told her to bring Cryan with her
to the
graveyard,
and
get
him
to
show here the grave he dug and in which Larry
McDermott's
wife was
buried,
and if
she could prove that was the grave her family
was
buried, that
was
all
they
(the bench) required.
The case was accordingly adjourned until
next
court
day.
Date: Wed,
24 Oct 2001 16:42:16 +0100 (BST)
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Roscommon
Herald Articles No 51
Thanks
to Leslie Poche for the typing
December
18, 1897
Mullaghroe
Petty Sessions (Co. Sligo)
A Row
Returning from Ballaghaderreen
Assault
Patrick Casey, Shroof [sic], charged James
Flaherty
(father),
Bernard
Flaherty
(son), and John Cryan, of Clogher, with
assaulting
him on the
1st
November.
Mr. P.C.P. MacDermot, solicitor, Boyle,
appeared
for
the
defendants.
Patrick Casey deposed - I was coming home
from
the
fair of
Ballaghaderreen,
and when I was passing Thomas Casey's
public
house in
Monasteredan
those men attacked me. James Flaherty
was
the first one
to
knock
me down, and while I was on the ground, John
Cryan
kicked me.
Flaherty
would
life me up and knock me down against the road.
Young
Flaherty
hit
me,
too. John Sharkey came to my relief, and took me
away. Both Cryan and
Flaherty
kicked me while I was on the ground.
To Mr. MacDermot - Sharkey is my
brother-in-law.
I was
at the
last
fair
of
Ballaghaderreen. I had pigs at it. I did not go
into
the yard to
look
at
Flaherty's
pigs. We were friends up to that
day. I
did
not assault
him
that
morning,
but we had a little difference. I had
some
drink
taken, but I
was
able
to walk. Monasteredan is about four
miles from
Ballaghaderreen.
It is
my
road home, but it is not theirs. There
is a public
house
there.
They
never
said a word but knocked me down. I was
in jail
for an
assault,
but it
was in
the wrong. I was also in jail for
assaulting a
policeman.
John Sharkey, a witness, deposed - About 6
o'clock
on the night in
question
I came out on the road from my own house.
At
Tom
Carey's
public
house
I heard the sound of a scrimmage and the
shuffling
of feet. I
went
over,
and I found Pat Casey on the broad of his back,
and
John Cryan
kicking
him and
James Flaherty was striking him. I went
over
to
make peace,
and
Flaherty
took up a stone in his hand, and said he
would
scatter my
brains
if
I did
not go away. I took hold of Casey and
lifted
him
up. I put my
hand
under
his arm and brought him away four or five yards.
He told me to
let
him
out,
and I said, "Casey, you will get killed here."
He
then threw off
my arm
and
rushed back, and he said, "James Flaherty, you are
duly a
coward,
and
you
are no
man." Flaherty struck him again and
knocked
him
down. I
brought
him
away
again, and Flaherty's son came up and struck him
with
his fist.
To Mr. MacDermot - It was the noise of the
scrimmage
drew my
attention.
I took
no drink that day. I did not even take
as much
as
would go into
a
midge's
eye. I am Casey's brother-in-law. Cryan and
Flaherty
go home
by a
different
way.
James Flaherty deposed in reply to Mr.
MacDermot
- I
was at the
fair
of
Ballaghaderreen. Cryan carried my pigs for me. I was
to pay
him. I
did
not
sell
the pigs, but I left them in Mrs. Mulligan's
yard. I went into
the
yard
to see
the pigs, and I met Casey. He had drink
taken.
He began
arguing
with
me,
and I told him to go away. He caught
hold of me
by a
handkerchief
I had
round
my neck and knocked me down, and he kept choking
me
until I got
black
in the
face. The handkerchief had to be cut
with a
knife
for fear I
would
suffocate. There were men in the yard who kept him
away. He is always
drunk
when
he can get the chance. When I got home I
was to
pay
Cryan for
carrying
the
pigs, but he would not take any money. I
brought
him
out to treat
him at
Casey's
public house, and I met Casey then. I
knew he
was
going to
strike
me
after
what happened in the morning. He ran up
and
struck
me a blow
which
knocked
me down. His brother-in-law tried to
bring
him
away, and
struck
me
again. Casey struck me several times. I did not see
Cryan
kicking
him.
That
is all I know about it.
To complainant - I did not strike you
first.
Chairman - Did you see Cryan kicking him?
Defendant - I did not.
Chairman - Do you swear it?
Defendant - I won't swear it.
Bernard Flaherty deposed - I did not see
the
beginning
of this
transaction. I was at the Ballagh fair. Casey
knocked
down my father
in
Mulligan's
yard, and was choking him until he got
black
in the face.
The
handkerchief
had to be cut off his neck. After we
came
from the fair
my
father
brought Cryan in the public house to treat him.
After they were
gone
I went
out on the road, and I heard shouting. I
went
down,
and I found
Casey
assaulting
my father. I went over and I struck
Casey.
The two were
striking
each
other with their fists.
Chairman - How far is your house from
where the
row
took place?
Witness - About a quarter of a mile.
Did you hear the row going on at that
distance?
-- I
did, your
worship.
John Cryan deposed - When I went out to
take the
treat
along with
Flaherty,
we found Casey standing in the middle of the
road. The
minute
he
saw us
he made a blow at Flaherty, and knocked him
down. The row
commenced
then. Casey flung a stick at me. John Sharkey
brought
him away, but
he
broke
back four times. Flaherty was
sober. I had
some
drink taken.
That
is
all I
know about it.
Chairman - This is a very serious row, and
it is
a
disgrace to the
locality. There were three against one. You will
have
to go to jail
for a
month
each with hard labour.
Mr. MacDermot said it was all Casey's
fault and
it was
he who
commenced
the
row in Ballaghaderreen. Flaherty is a
very
respectable
farmer. He
read
a
letter from the MacDermot stating that Flaherty was
a very
respectable
man.
Chairman - Well, I will take a fine for
the old
man,
and as there
is not
use in
making fish of one and flesh of another, I will
take a
fine for
Cryan
also. They are both fined £1 each, and the case
against
Bernard
Flaherty
is
dismissed.
Date: Tue,
23 Oct 2001 20:32:37 -0400
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surname, first name , int. death city, death year,
Vol.,
Page
1911-15 CREAN
Catherine Collins Canton 1915
13 29
CREAN
Cornelius J. Worchester 1914
110
137
CREAN
Dennis Beverly 1911
5 180
CREAN
Helen Holyoke 1911
49 470
CREAN
Hugh Holyoke 1915
34 14
CREAN
John Montague 1911
70 234
CREAN
John H. Peabody 1912
80 217
CREAN
Marcus Holyoke 1914
50 467
CREAN
Margaret Holyoke 1913
50 354
CREAN
Margaret
Northhampton 1913 78
452
CREAN
Margaret L. Salem 1911
87 37
CREAN
Mary Lehan Canton
1911 29
10
CREAN
Mary Sullivan Montague 1914
70 171
CREAN
Mary Collins Springfield 1911
92
306
CREAN
Mary L. Wilmot
South Hadley 1915 73
438
CREAN
Nellie Holyoke 1911
49 470
CREAN
William Canton 1914
29 175
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surname, given,
middle, (maiden) death city, death year,
Vol.,Page
1916-20 CREAN
Bridget (Callahan) Beverly 1920
5
280
CREAN Cornelius P. Chicopee 1918
20
453
CREAN
Ellen (Freeman ) Lynn 1916
49
314
CREAN
Ellen
Peabody
1919
84 123
CREAN
James J. Holyoke
1919
54 332
CREAN
Jeremiah West
Springfield 1918
127
72
CREAN
Mary (Caldon) West Springfield 1917
93
148
CREAN
Mary
Westfield
1918
128 365
CREAN
Mary Elizabeth West Springfield 1918
127
108
CREAN
Mary M. Salem
1920
90 179
CREAN
Patrick
Holyoke
1917
36 225
CREAN
Virginia
Stoughton
1916
84 224