Report of the Trial of William Kilfoyle, Upon the Charge of Killing Mary Mulrooney at Newtownberry on the 18 of June 1831; Tried Before the Hon. Baron Foster at the Spring Assizes of Wexford, 1832 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1832. Excerpt: ... derstand that the police who had been originally in the rear, became the front force upon the return, and the yeomanry then formed the fear of the whole body. Gentlemen, during the whole of this proceeding, their noise and other demonstrations to which I have alluded, were with more or less violence continued, but no act of outrage had taken place. Shortly after the whole body began to move, a single shot was fired, but from what particular spot or direction, I think, is a matter left in some degree of obscurity. I will not take upon myself to state where it exactly came from, but I will leave it to you to draw your own inference upon that point from the testimony of the witnesses. That single shot was followed by another in a very short space of time; there also is some doubt whether previously to those shots, any command to fire was given by any particular person. Upon that subject, evidence will be submitted to you, from which you will draw your own conclusion. But be that fact as it may, these single shots were in a very short space of time followed by a general volley or round, the deplorable result of which was the loss of several lives. Baron Foster.--Am I to understand there was but one volley? Mr. Greene.--There is evidence that there was subsequently further firing, but I am stating the facts chronologically. Some of the witnesses state that there was, besides that first general round or volley, a second. It will be proved that the unfortunate persons who fell victims to this firing, were running away from the ditch or road where the yeomanry and police were stationed--that at the time they received the wounds which caused their deaths, they were flying towards the river on one side of the road, and a grove on the other. Amongst those who fell u...