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foul a chaige. If you are not 

 fully satisfied of his guilt, you 

 will acquit him by your verdict. 

 The same observation applies to 

 the daughters ; but if you think 

 they were all privy to the con- 

 spiracy, you will find your verdict 

 accordingly. 



The jury, after a few minutes 

 consultation, found all the defend- 

 ants Guilty. 



Mr. Baron Graham immediately 

 proceeded to pronounce sentence 

 on tlie defendants. He observed, 

 that during the whole of his ju- 

 dicial life he never felt more pain 

 than in the performance of his 

 duty on the present occasion. It 

 was impossible to imagine a case 

 more melancholy than that which 

 was now belbre him : a clergyman 

 of the Church of England, a cha- 

 racter which stood so high in this 

 country, convicted on the clearest 

 and most satisfactory evidence, of 

 of the most abominable and atro- 

 cio'us conspiracy — a crime whiclt 

 became still moie dreadful from 

 his having induced his two unfor- 

 tunate daughters to follow him in 

 his career, and to bear a part in his 

 foul load of infamy. lie conlessed 

 he knew not how to do justice. 

 Compassion for the infirmities of 

 human nature might induce him 

 to alleviiite tlie severity of jjuni'sh- 

 ment ; but in this case ail cmn- 

 passion was swallowed up in the 

 conten)plation of the scene before 

 him — a s«ene which presented to 

 his view a man, who, in spite of 

 the benefits of education, and the 

 dictates of religion, had sunk to 

 tiie last degree of human crime. 



The sentence of the court wa':, 

 that the Hev. IJolicit Woodward 

 should be iui))ri^()nc(l in the com- 

 mon gaol of the county of liedfonl 



for two years ; and that his 

 daughters, Sarah and Susannah, 

 should each be imprisoned one 

 year in the same gaol. 



The defendants seemed deeply 

 affected with their situation. Mr. 

 AVoodward is a man about 50 years 

 of age. His eldest daughter, 

 Sarah, has nothing prej)0ssessing 

 in her manners or person, and is 

 about 2r>. The youngest, Susan- 

 nah, is rather a pretty girl, of fair 

 complexion. Their fate has ex- 

 cited but very little commiseration 

 in the county. 



COUNTY MEATH ASSIZES. 



Trial of Roger O'Connor, Esq. 

 Secoiid Day, Tuesday, Aug. 5. 



A FEW minutes after nine o'clock 

 this morning, Mr. Justice Daly 

 resumed his scat on the bench, 

 and the tiialof Mr. O'Connor was 

 inunediatcly pioceeded in. 



When the ofBcers of the court 

 had taken their j)laces at the table, 

 Benjamin Rikey, Esij. the De,'ijty 

 Cleik of the Crown, inquired, as 

 is usual in cases where more than 

 one prisoner is arraigned for the 

 same offence, whether he (O'Con- 

 nor) would join with his alleged 

 coadjutor in the felony, in the 

 challenges ? He answered, that 

 he would not. 



It was then intimated to him 

 l.y Mr. Ilikey, that he would be 

 tried separately from Martin 

 M'Keon, whu had just arrived in 

 the custody of the under gaoler, 

 am! taken his station in the deck. 

 Notwithstanding this intimation, 

 the trial of M'Keon was sulse- 

 qucntly proceeded in. 



Some desultory ronversafion 

 here ensued, between the counsel 

 for the prcsecution and ]Mr. B< n- 



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