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was given ; he believes his bro- 

 ther-in-law passed his note for the 

 price of the potatoes; Mr. O'Con- 

 nor afterwards processed his bro- 

 ther-in-law for the amount of the 

 note. He should not be well 

 pleased witli a man who would 

 not serve his family a« well as 

 himself. Mr. O'Connor and he 

 used to have religious discourses. 

 A juror asked, "what religious 

 discourses ?" The witness answer- 

 ed, " Carding and taking of 

 arras 1" Witness was again asked, 

 whether he could give a guess as 

 to the number of crimes he was 

 implicated in, and he answered, 

 he could not. The examination 

 of this witness did not close until 

 within ten minutes of four o'clock. 



Richard Waring proved the 

 robbery of his house of a blunder- 

 buss. (A blunderbuss was pro- 

 duced to witness, which he iden- 

 tified as the one of which he had 

 been robbed.) 



Garret Ricliardson examined. — 

 His house was robbed, in 181?, 

 of' a blundierbuss. [A blunderbuss 

 was produced, but witness could 

 not identify it. It was like one 

 which he possessed, but he could 

 not positively swear it was the 

 .same.] 



^ Mr. Wallace, as counsel for Mr. 

 O'Connor, said, he was willing to 

 admit it was the blunderbuss 

 which was stolen from the wit- 

 ness, but that he would show how 

 it got into the possession of Mr. 

 O'Connor's family. 



Mr. Sergeant Jebb observed, 

 that the admission of the learned 

 counsel was wise and candid. 



Thomas Thompson, Esq. soli- 

 citor to the post-office, stated, 

 that in consequence of information 

 which he received through O^vens, 



he went to Dangan, in company 

 with Alderman Darley and Cap- 

 tain Mockler. He proceeded to the 

 house of the younger Mr O'Con- 

 nor, on the Dangan demesne, and 

 situated at a short distance from 

 the prisoner's house, and there 

 foimd the two blunderbusses which 

 had been exhibited to the last wit- 

 nesses. He found them in the 

 bed room of Mr. O'Connor, stand- 

 ing against the chinmey, in a con- 

 spicuous situation, and not in any 

 manner concealed. He received 

 information concerning a watch, 

 and seized an article of that de- 

 scription, which he had met with, 

 but found on examination it was 

 not such a one as was described 

 to him; he therefore returned it. 

 This witness next proceeded to 

 state, that he met Mr. O'Connor 

 at the assizes of Naas, where be 

 attended to prosecute the Ovvensee. 

 He observed, in a jocose way, tliat 

 " wherever the Owenses were to 

 be tried, he was sure to meet Mr. 

 O'Connor." Mr. O'C. rephed, 

 that " they were as great vaga- 

 bonds as existed." The witness 

 mentioned, that notwitlistanding 

 that assertion of Mr. O'Connor, 

 he appeared at the trial, and gave 

 these persons a general good cha- 

 racter ; which surprised witness 

 so much, that he had him cross- 

 examined as to the fact of his hav- 

 ing held the conversation with him 

 respecting these individuals pre- 

 vious to the trial. Mr. O'C, as 

 witness affirmed, had not denied 

 that he talked of the Owenses as 

 being very bad persons, but that 

 he was not serious when he spoke 

 of them. AVitness got nothing in 

 the house of Mr. O'Connor, jun. 

 but the blunderbusses ; and that, 

 as to the house of Dangan, the 



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