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double-barrelled pistol, the contents 

 of one of which he discharged at 

 the unfortunate young woman ; 

 and with the other shot himself 

 through the head. He died on the 

 spot ; but his intended victim sur- 

 vives, and hopes are entertained of 

 "her ultimate recovery. A woman 

 in passing through the lane, heard 

 the man exclaim, " In that case, 

 we will both die together,'' She 

 had not proceeded above a hun- 

 dred yards, when the reports of 

 the pistol induced her to return, 

 and she was the first witness of this 

 dreadful scene. 



19. Leeds. — On Sunday last, a 

 daring robbery was committed at 

 Sowerby, by a number of armed 

 men, attended with circumstances 

 of the most wanton atrocity. Mr. 

 William Barker, who is overseer 

 of the poor, and collector of the 

 property tax, at Sowerby, had re- 

 tired with his family to rest, when 

 they were roused trom their beds 

 by a loud call for admittance ; 

 having opened the door, a number 

 of men rushed in, and demanded 

 his money, which he gave up to 

 them, to the amount of 14/.; they 

 then broke into his drawers, which 

 they completely ransacked ; but 

 being disappointed in the booty 

 they expected, they proceeded to 

 break his household furniture and 

 his clock; a set of china, and other 

 articles, were completely destroyed; 

 some of the wearing apparel of 

 himself and his wife were thrown 

 into the fire, and it was with great 

 difficulty they were prevailed upon 

 to desist from setting fire to the 

 drawers. The number of persons 

 concerned in this flagitious outrage 

 could not be exactly ascertained ; 

 only five entered the house, but it 

 is,supposed there must have been 



one or two placed on the outside to 

 prevent surprise. = ' 



The following particulars of the 

 murder of Mr. Sergerson, one of 

 the magistrates of the county of 

 Kerry, Ireland, appeared on the 

 coroner's inquest held at Killorglin, 

 in that county, on Friday the 

 19th: — John Moriarty, a consta- 

 ble, proved that he was called on 

 by Mr. Sergerson, a magistrate of 

 this county, to execute a warrant 

 against Daniel and John Penning- 

 ton, of Farratoreen, from the 

 sheriff, in which he was appointed 

 as a bailift"; that with four others 

 ( constables ) he proceeded to Daniel 

 Pennington's house, on Wednes- 

 day last, some taking post in front 

 and others in rear of the house ; 

 that they remained there until 

 Thursday, when, about three 

 o'clock Mr. Sergerson was inform- 

 ed that victuals were conveyed 

 through the house of John Pen- 

 nington which adjoined : on which 

 he (Mr. S.) went in and found 

 that a small hole had been made 

 through the gable-wall for that pur- 

 pose. When he got in, a blow with 

 a shovel was made at him, by the 

 wife of John ; but on his informing 

 her that he intended her no harm, 

 and that he would not injure herj 

 the shovel was laid by, and she 

 took off the fire a pot of potatoes, 

 which were boiled, and which she 

 strained, the boiling water of which 

 (strained into a keeler) was taken 

 up by John Pennington, and thrown 

 down on Mr. Sergerson's uncovered 

 head, by which he was severely 

 scalded ; he immediately ran out cry- 

 ingmurder,and got into a cabin near 

 Pennington's house, in which he 

 dried and shaved himself, and be- 

 gan to write an information against 

 John Pennington for an assault, 



when 



