aiS ANNUAL REGISTER, 1817. 



sonerfl were persons of good cha- 

 racter, but had changed his opi- 

 nion of them. 



Mr. Bernard M'Guire, attorney, 

 corroborated Mr. M'Nally's testi- 

 mony. 



John Pratt Winter, Esq. a ma- 

 gistrate of the county of Meath, 

 stated, tliat on his return from 

 the fair of Ballinasloe, after the 

 mail robbery, he had used active 

 endeavours to discover the perpe- 

 trators of the deed. He received 

 information thatM'Keon was con- 

 cerned, on which he proceeded to 

 the house of Mr. O'Connor. Mr. 

 O'Connor immediately went with 

 him in search of M'Keon, and 

 having found him where he was 

 superintending some work, they 

 closely examined him, and pro- 

 ceeded to his house, and made 

 diligent search, without being able 

 to discover any thing that could 

 tend to show he (INI'Keon) was in 

 the smallest degree concerned in 

 the outrage. Mr. O'Cormor af- 

 terwards called on him, and of- 

 fered to give all the aid in his 

 power in bringing the robbers to 

 justice, though he seldom inter- 

 fei'ed in matters of the kind. 



Michael Parry, Esq. agent to 

 Mr. O'Connor, deposed, that on 

 the 2d of November, 1811, he 

 had remitted to Mr. OC. 4793/. ; 

 that on the 17th of August, 1812, 

 he remitted him 1400Z. ; and that, 

 on the 27th of September, 1812, 

 he sent him 500Z. for the pui pose 

 of purchasing cattle at the fair of 

 Ballinasloe. He had enclosed the 

 500Z. in a letter to Mr. O'C, and 

 tiad written to the Bank of Ire- 

 land, making them acquainted 

 with the circumstance, and desir- 

 ing them not to pay the notes to 

 any order but that of Mr. O'Con- 



nor. His letter to Mr. O'C. wa* 

 then in Court, and he said he 

 would, if permitted, refer to it. 

 The letter was handed to him, 

 and he read from it a mention 

 of the enclosure of the money. 

 Since the commencement of his 

 intercourse with Mr. O'Connor, 

 their money-dealings amounted to 

 25,000/., and that at the time of 

 the alleged robbery he would 

 have transmitted him 2000/. if he 

 wanted it. In the course of his 

 dealings he never met with a 

 more honourable or upright man. 

 Witness further stated, that the 

 amount of Mr. O'Connor's rental 

 in Cork was 1800/. per annum. 



Jeremiah Keller, Esq. barrister 

 at law, stated he had known Mr. 

 O'Connor for a great number of 

 years, during which they had been 

 intimate friends. Mr. O'Connor 

 was formerly of the Munster bar. 

 Speaking generally of his charac- 

 ter, he conceived it to be excellent. 

 He would mention an instance 

 of his disinterestedness and ge- 

 nerosity. He had married a lady 

 in early life without a fortune, 

 notwithstanding which he had 

 made a most liberal settlement 

 upon her. Witness knew him 

 afterwards to support the lady's 

 father in a creditable style, which 

 he continued to do until his death. 

 He thouglit it next to an impos- 

 sibility that he would be guilty of 

 such an act as had been imputed 

 to him. 



Sir Francis Burdett said, he was 

 acquainted with Mr. O'Connor 

 since 1796, about the period he 

 (Sir F.) had returned to England. 

 He always entertained the highest 

 opinion of his honour and princi- 

 ples. On being asked whether he 

 had any money transactions with 



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