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and then was, with great dexterity, 

 interrupted in its course, and 

 driven in upon the premises. 

 The prisoners appeared amongst 

 the bullock-drivers. Rippon was 

 the most remarkable for activity, 

 and the other prisoners, with the 

 exception of Allan and Buckey, 

 seemed to improve mider such a 

 leader. The workmen, upon 

 finding that entreaties would not 

 do, used threats to induce the 

 bullock-drivers to leave this kind 

 of diversion. The menaces of 

 throwing hot-water and firing 

 upon them produced no effect. 

 At last blank cartridge was fired, 

 but that plan of defence being as 

 ineffectual as the other, the work- 

 men let off" a little small shot, and 

 wounded three of the mob, but 

 not dangerously. Their impres- 

 sion at the time was, that the 

 bullock was driven in for the 

 purpose of creating a confusion, 

 during which the property of 

 their master might be diminished. 

 Still the drivers continued their 

 labour at the beast, and at the 

 windows of the premises, and at 

 the workmen who formed them- 

 selves into a body, and struggled 

 to shut the gates. Here the bul- 

 lock drivers had an opportunity 

 to show tlieir power. They had 

 large bats upwards of 6 feet high, 

 and thick enough to disable a 

 man wherever they should descend 

 upon him. Rippon exclaimed, 

 in the midst of his activity, " Now 

 is the time to come in, my boys." 

 A desperate contest ensued, 

 which would have ended in favour 

 of the bullock-drivers, had not 

 the [)o!ice arrived and turned the 

 fortune of the day. Mr. Racine 

 exerted liiinself for the preserva- 

 tion of his property, but was 

 desperately beaten. Upon reach- 



ing a shop in the neighbourhood, 

 which he did with difficulty, he 

 fainted. Seven of the workmen 

 were dangerously wounded. The 

 poor bullock was driven in so 

 desperate a manner, and goaded 

 so cruelly, that it ran mad ; and 

 after having tossed several peace- 

 able persons, fell down dead. 

 The vagabonds have been in the 

 habit of bullock-driving in these 

 premises three times a-year. The 

 property of Mr. Racine is easily 

 I'emovable by ruffians constituted 

 as the bullock- drivers were on 

 this occasion. 



The jury retired, and in half an 

 hour returned the following ver- 

 dict : — Rippon, Yardley, Chis- 

 holme, and Howells, Guilty ; 

 Buckey and Allan, Not-Guilty. 



The Chairman, in passing sen- 

 tence, expressed his astonishment 

 at the indifference manifested in 

 the part of the metropolis where 

 this shameful scene occurred, to 

 practices attended with so much 

 danger, and declared, that those 

 who had engaged in such vile 

 disorders were much more brutal 

 than the poor animal they had 

 hunted to death. 



The prisoners were then sen- 

 tenced to the following very mild 

 punishment: — Rippon, 6 months' 

 imprisonment; Yardley and Chisr 

 holme 3 months' imprisonment; 

 Howells, one month's imprison- 

 ment. 



LIFFORD ASSIZES, MARCH 24. 



The King v. Edward Bradley. 

 — The prisoner, with many others, 

 stood indicted for the murder of 

 George Balfour, at Glengannon- 

 bridge, in the barony of Innish- 

 owcn, on the 1st of October, 

 1816. Four of the persons in- 

 <U dieted 



