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searching of that place was left to 

 Aldemiaii Dai ley. 



On being cross-examined by 

 Mr. Wallace, he repeited that the 

 blunderbusses were quite exposed. 

 Richard Waring, the other ap- 

 prover, was exaniined at much 

 length. A great portion of his 

 evidence relative to the circum- 

 stances of the robbery, &c. agreed 

 with tliat given by Owens. He 

 said that he was not present at the 

 considtition at Dangan, having 

 had to go for a blunderbuss wliich 

 he had concealed in a bog. He 

 stated, that on the return of the 

 party from the robbeiy, Mr. 

 O'Connor had opened the gale for 

 them, hoping that they had good 

 luck ; and that he (Mr. ()'(Jonnor) 

 had held the blunderbuss of one 

 of tiie party whde he went into 

 M'Keon's house to light Ids pipe. 

 He distinctly affirmed that M'Keon 

 advised him to cease robbing 

 houses for arms, &c. as it was 

 an unpi'nfitable pursuit, and take 

 up the better occupation of mail- 

 robbing He stated that he, as 

 well as his associate Owens, was 

 concerned in innumerable crimi- 

 naUies. He had taken the Car- 

 der's oath at the ii.stigalion of 

 Mr. O'Connor, b\it his descrip- 

 tion of it was (hfifevent from that 

 which Owens had given. It bound 

 persons, according to Ids state- 

 ment, merely to " support anar- 

 chy and put down monarchy." 

 He was present at the carding 

 of Walsh, who had been held 

 while the witness performed with 

 his own hand that operation. 

 Walsh, however, was not left 

 long in liis hands. He said l\e 

 had "only two or three touches 

 at him," tlie instrument of tor- 

 ture being given to ablei- ami 

 letter hands. He operated on 



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Walsh's back — his successor on 

 the back.s of Wal-h's legs His 

 statement of some ot the circum- 

 stances of the divi.-ion of tl.e booty 

 was similar to tiiat of O^ens. He 

 alleged, however, that tlie adjust- 

 ment did not take place until 

 about five o'clock in tiie evening, 

 and that from the time .Mr. O'Con- 

 nor placed nimself on the iiitch 

 until that hour he took no refresh- 

 ment. Mr. Wallace asked, whe- 

 ther the rest of the ta g had not 

 taken refreshment. \V itness an- 

 swered they had. Then, said Mr. W., 

 itap; eirsyouacted veryui.ceiemo- 

 niously towards your captain. On 

 being again questioned about 

 M'Keon's advice relative to rob- 

 beries, he admitted thai it was 

 against all crimes of that descrip- 

 tion, as they would only lead to 

 the gallows. He was leininded 

 by Counsel that he gave a differ- 

 ent statement before to which he 

 replied thai M'Keon advised both 

 for and against robberies. 



John Allen, farmer, was the 

 next witness. He le.i embered 

 the 4th of October, IS 12. He 

 saw Mr. O'Connor on that day, 

 having received a note from that 

 gentleman, desiring iiim to Cidl 

 on him. Mr. O'Connor asked 

 whether he h id noi heard <.f the 

 mail- robbery of the ?d, and he 

 answered, he liad. He then asked, 

 what would witness think if he 

 heard the mail had been found on 

 Dangan demesne ? Witness an- 

 swered, he shou'd be sorry to 

 hear it was the case, ax, from the 

 circumstance of a bag ha\ing be- 

 fore been found there, it would 

 have a bad appeaiance in the 

 country. O'Connor then brought 

 him into a room, ai d showed h in, 

 lying on a table, the mad bigs, 

 dome ncwspapeis, lotiery tickets, 



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