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O'Connor said he had no such 

 thing. He then made a memo- 

 randum of the amount with a 

 pencil, and put it, with the notes 

 rolled up, in a handkerchief, and 

 put the handkerchief into his coat 

 pocket. He had not gone more 

 than a few perches from the house 

 wliere he received the rent, lead- 

 ing to the avenue where he had 

 left his horse, when a person he 

 did not know ran from behind a 

 bush ; his face was nMsked with 

 a piece of cloth. He threw him 

 down by a violent push, which 

 made him trip. A second person 

 came up. They tied him with 

 cords by the wrists and the feet, 

 and left him in a faint. When 

 he recovered, he found he was 

 tied to a tree ; by much labour he 

 contrived to gel one hand into his 

 waistcoat pocket, where he fonnd 

 a pen-knife, with which he cut 

 the cord that tied his hands and 

 legs, and also extricated himself 

 from the tree to which he had 

 been tied — his wrists were black- 

 ened with the cord — the whole of 

 the money and the handkerchief 

 were taken from him, but he 

 knew not either of the persons 

 who robbed him. On recovering, 

 he returned to the garden-house, 

 where he met Mrs. Smith, who 

 gave him a drink of water ; and 

 in a short time Mr. O'Connor 

 came up, to whom he told his 

 story, as he had now related it. 

 Mr. O'Connor seemed much sur- 

 prised at the relation, and said he 

 believed there were robbers on the 

 demesne ; two strange fellows had 

 been lurking since Monday ; he 

 offered to bring his workmen from 

 the barn, and search the neigh- 

 bourhood ; the witness said it was 

 useless ; O'Connor said, that on a 

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search the money might be found 

 hid, perhaps in the thatch of some 

 cabin ; he replied, they are not to 

 be found now ; witness got his 

 horse, and, being very weak, rode 

 home to Trim : in the course of 

 the day he made an affidavit of 

 the robbery before the Rev. Wil- 

 liam Elliot, a justice of the peace 

 for the county of Meath. 



Doyle, in his cross-examination, 

 stated, that he was not servant to 

 any person — that he was a coroner 

 in Meath, and Postmaster in Trim ; 

 that the robbers tied him to a 

 laurel tree ; that he was not 

 gagged, and did not cry out 1 ustily : 

 that he fainted for fifteen minutes; 

 he extricated himself by contriv- 

 ing to get his hand into his pocket, 

 from which he took a knife, and 

 cut the ropes. 



Mi. M'Nally, for the defend- 

 auts, said, he had seen but one 

 record of a similar nature, which 

 had been tried in the county of 

 Waterford ; but, in England, such 

 actions were frequently brought. 

 He made several observations on 

 the improbability of the transac- 

 tion, and the interest which Doyle, 

 the witness, had, as to character 

 and to pecuniary objects, in ob- 

 taining a verdict for Plaintiff. 



Roger O'Connor being sworn, 

 stated, that Doyle took down the 

 amount of the notes with a pencil, 

 folded them in a handkerchief, 

 with the penciled memorandum, 

 and put them into his pocket, 

 said he was in a hurry, having to 

 settle the account of a Mr. Bat- 

 huert's auction ; after paying the 

 rent, he walked with him some 

 length, then went a contrary way, 

 and in about ten minutes heard' 

 Doyle say he was robbed. Doyle, 

 said it was no affair of his ; he 



