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broken notes, &c. He further 

 asked witness, whether he could 

 keep a secret ? To which he re- 

 pliedj tliat he never abused any 

 confidence that was reposed in 

 him. O'Connor then asked him, 

 if he had not been security for the 

 gaoler of Trim, and whether he 

 was not, in consequence, likely to 

 be a sufferer Ijy the escape of 

 Heavy and Savage ? Witness re- 

 plied, he was security. O'Con- 

 nor then said, that he had reason 

 to know that Savage was lurking 

 about Dangan, and that he would 

 put witness in the way of secur- 

 ing him. On being asked whe- 

 ther any oath was proposed to him 

 by O'Connor, he said there was 

 not. O'Connor had a red book 

 in his hand at the time of asking 

 hiiti whether he could keep a 

 secret, but proposed no oath. 

 O'Connor had asked him what he 

 would advise him to do with the 

 bags, and witness answered, to 

 send them to the postmaster of 

 Sunimerhill. 



On his cross-examination, this 

 witness stated, that he considered 

 the secret he had to keep was, 

 that Mr. O'Connor had inter- 

 fered in procuring the re taking of 

 Savage. He fuither asserted, that 

 he took Mr. O'Coimor's interpo- 

 sition on this occasion to be an act 

 of kindness, and intended to show 

 his gratitude to the witness, and 

 his brotlier-in-law, the gaoler, for 

 acts of civility received, while he 

 (Mr. O'Connor) was confined in 

 Trim gaol for an assault, for 

 which he had been convicted. 



Mr. Lube was next called. — 

 Being asked had he given any ad- 

 vice to Owens on the subject of 

 the present prosecution, said, that 

 any profession;illy private com- 

 munion he had with Owens he was 



not at liberty to disclose, mean- 

 ing, as we suppose, in his capa- 

 city as a clergyman ; that Owens 

 had asked him (Mr. Lube) " if it 

 would be criminal in him (Owens) 

 to make a discovery in order to 

 save his own life, for that propo- 

 sals had been made to him to that 

 effect ?" that he (Mr. Lube) asked 

 Owens, had he any discovery of 

 importance to make ? that Owens 

 answered in the affirmative ; that 

 he (Mr. Lube) immediately laid 

 a solemn injunction on Owens, 

 not to name the parties to him 

 (Mr. Lube), inasmuch and for 

 that it did not belong to him to 

 be made acquainted with it ; but 

 added, that if he (Owens) knew 

 of any gang of robbers who were 

 disturbing the peace of the coun- 

 try, he (Owens) would " do well" 

 to " divulge it," and that, pro- 

 vided he " adhered to truth," he 

 (Mr. Lube) saw nothing crimi- 

 nal in it. 



[This conversation, Mr. Lube 

 said, took place in the presence of 

 a tliiid person, one Reynolds ; 

 and after, as we have above stated, 

 proposals had been made to Owens 

 to save his life.] 



Mr. Lube, having been asked 

 how long he had been attending 

 Owens after his conviction, be- 

 fore the above conversation took 

 place, replied, about three weeks j 

 and to a question, did Owens at 

 that time entertain any hopes of a 

 reprieve ? replied, he did not j 

 nor did he (Mr. Lube) hold out 

 any hopes to him. 



Question by Mr. M'Nally. — Did 

 witness believe it was with a view 

 to save his life that Owens gave 

 the information ? Mr. Lube said, 

 he ' verily believed it was.' 



Robert Gilbert, a Dublin police 

 officer, stated that he arrested Mr. 



O'Connor, 



