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share of the money taken from 

 the passengers amounted to 80/. 

 O'Connor took tlie same propor- 

 tion which tlie otliers got ; but ha 

 compelled Heavy and Savage to 

 pay him 100/. each for the pro- 

 tection he had afforded them wlien 

 they had broken out of Trim gaol : 

 the arms they brought back to 

 Dangan, O'Connor saying they 

 would answer for the attack on 

 the Enniskillen coach, which was 

 then intended, it having been un- 

 derstood that it was conveying 

 money to the army. Witness had 

 been sworn to secrecy by O'Con- 

 nor on the 1st of January, 1812. 

 The object was, that he should rob 

 for arms, and become a Carder. 

 A part of the oath pledged those 

 who took it " not to pity the 

 moans or groans of Orange-men, 

 but to wade knee deep in their 

 blood." O'Connor stated, that 

 when he should have a sntficient 

 number of Carders embodied, he 

 would surprise the plans of Go- 

 vernment. Witness had been tried 

 for the mail- robbery, and murder 

 of the guaid, and was acquitted. 

 He then went to the county Cavan, 

 and was airested and tried there 

 for passing some of the notes 

 which liad been taken out of the 

 mail, but was acquitted. He was 

 afterwards taken up for a rob- 

 bery in the county of Dublin, and 

 was tried, convicted, and sen- 

 tenced to death in February, 1817. 

 About three weeks after the sen- 

 tence he gave information. He 

 had been attended by his clergy- 

 man, and had made his confcs-ion 

 in consequence of the advice he 

 received from him. A Captain 

 Mocklerhad called on him at Kil- 

 mainham, a few days previous to 

 the day appointed for his execution. 



The Captain stated the object of 

 the visit to be, to know whether 

 he (the witness) had ever said that 

 he intended to go down to Meath, 

 to try whether he could get a shot 

 at him (Mockler). Witness denied 

 he had ever spoken of or intended 

 any such thing. Mockler said he 

 believed him, though he was told 

 that he had such a purpose in 

 view. Mockler then proceeded to 

 make some remarks, from w hich 

 witness understood that there 

 would be some hopes of pardon if 

 he made a discovery. Witness 

 theieupon observed, that as for 

 Mr. O'Connor he had always given 

 him the best advice, and that he 

 wculd not be where he was if he 

 had taken the advice. Witness 

 was asked, whether it was true 

 that O'Connor had given him 

 the advice, and he answered, it 

 was not true. He was then asked 

 by a juror, whether at the time 

 he made that statement to Mockler, 

 his clergyman had not been attend- 

 ing him, and for a considerable 

 time previous, and whether he 

 had not received the sacrament 

 from him ; to which he replied, 

 that his clergyman. Dr. Lube, 

 had been attending him nearly 

 three weeks, and that he had ad- 

 ministered the sacrament to him 

 different times. The day of exe- 

 cution was drawing near, and 

 Dr. Lube had held out no hopes 

 of his being saved : and that not- 

 withstanding all these circum- 

 stances he told the falsehood to 

 Mr. Mockler, not wishing to im- 

 ))licate jMr O'Connor. The day 

 after the conversation with Mr. 

 ISIockler, Dr. Lube had called on 

 him. Witness then told him he 

 had something particular to com- 

 municate J that hopes of pardon' 



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