ZiO ANNUAL REGISTER, 1814. 



of Lower Moyfenragh, in the 

 County of Meath, Defendants.— 

 Mr. Graltan stated the declaration. 

 It was brought \xpon an original 

 writ of the Court of Kiiij^'s- 

 beiich ; it stated, that Thomas 

 Burrowes, who sued as well for 

 the King as for himself, com- 

 plained, that certain malefactors 

 to him, and also to Humphrey 

 Doyle, the servant of the said 

 Burrowes, unknown, on the 28th 

 day of October, 1813, atDangan, 

 in the parish of Laracer, within 

 the Barony of Moyfenragh, in the 

 county of Meath, did assault and 

 rob the saiH Doyle to the amount 

 of 749/. 15s. l\d. the property of 

 the said Burrowes ; that said 

 Doyle, immediately after said rob- 

 bery, did make hue and cry as di- 

 rected by statute, but neverthe- 

 less the said defendants have not 

 yet made any amends to the said 

 JBurrowes, for the said robbery ; 

 nor have apprehended the bodies 

 of the aforesaid felons, nor the 

 body of any of them ; nor have 

 they hitherto answered for the 

 bodies of any of them, or the body 

 of either of them ; but have per- 

 mitted the said offenders and 

 felons to escape, in contempt of 

 the King, to the great damage of 

 said Burrowes, &c. ; and the da- 

 ma ses were laid at 1,000/. 



Mr. Jebb stated, that the ques- 

 tion to be tried was of the highest 

 importance to the public. The 

 lands of Dangan were situate 

 within the Barony of Moyfenragh, 

 and had been demised by Col. 

 Burrowes to Roger O'Connor, 

 Esq. the now proprietor, whose 

 rent was payable half-yearly, and 

 was usually received by Mr. Gre- 

 gory, an attorney, and the Co- 

 lonel's agent— but owing to tardy 



payments, Mr. G. was under tlie 

 necessity of resorting to legal pro- 

 cess. In October, 1813, the last 

 May rent being in arrear, Mr. 

 G. received a note from Mr. 

 O'Connor, informing him that if 

 he went to Dangan, the rent 

 would be paid : but it not being 

 convenient for Mr. G. to leave 

 Dublin, he wrote to Mr. Hum- 

 phrey Doyle, of Trim, to whom 

 he- sent a receipt, requesting him 

 to receive the rent from Mr. 

 O'Connor, amounting to 7-50/. 



Mr. Doyle applied to Mr. 

 O'Connor, who appointed a par- 

 ticular day for payment. Mr. 

 Doyle on the day appointed, ac- 

 cordingly went to Dangan. 



Humphrey Doyle was examined. 

 On the day appointed for paying 

 the rent he went to Dangan, be- 

 tween eleven and twelve o'clock, 

 where Mr. O'Connor resided:, a 

 man met him at the gate, who in- 

 formed him he was waiting, by 

 Mr. O'Connor's orders, to take his 

 horse, and directed him to the 

 place where he would meet his 

 master. He accordingly went to 

 a house at a distance from the 

 high road — it was the garden 

 house— here he met Mr. O'Con- 

 nor. They sat down, and Mr. 

 O'Connor desired his son Roderick 

 to go for the stocking. Roderick 

 went, and soon returned with a 

 stocking, in which were bank- 

 notes. Roderick delivered the 

 stocking to his father, who then 

 desired him to go about his busi- 

 ness ; and the witness only re- 

 mained with the elder O'Connor. 

 After some conversation, O'Con- 

 nor paid him the rent, amounting 

 to 750/., and he gave hira Gre-. 

 gory's receipt. He asked for pen 

 and ink (o mark the notes ; Mr. 



