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RETURN to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons, |
dated 12 December 1837 \—for, \ ji^f*.''
\-*s" %••'; | A RETURN of all Reports of Outrages made to the Inspector-General of Police^by Jhe (
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/:-y Constabulary Officers, during the late Elections for the County and Borough of Slidb£'f : *\.>*r
Detail of Outrages perpetrated in the Town and Vicinity of Sligo, during the period of the Canvass aad Contest at the late Elections for the Town and County, as reported to the Constabulary Office.
1837 : July 24th.—At
about 12 o'clock on this night, as Mr.
John Anderson's dray was conveying beer to Geevagh, it was attacked, about two miles from the town, by a large mob, who broke the beer-vessels, and assaulted the driver.
July 25th.—As
Dadwell Palmer, Esq.,
was coming into Sligo, about one mile from the town, on the road leading to Ballisodare, he was attacked by a mob, who insisted on his crying out, " Huzza for Somers !"
which Mr.
Palmer refusing to do, the mob inflicted on him several severe blows with their sticks; and the driver of the post-car upon which Mr.
Palmer travelled attempting to drive the horse forward, he was struck with, a stone in the mouth, which knocked out two of his teeth.
July 29th.—The
windows of the Strand-hill school-house were broken on the night of this day; and on the following morning (Sunday), whilst the Rev.
Mr.
Handcock was officiating at Divine service in the same school-house, a large number of riotous persons assembled opposite the door, and created a great tumult, as it is supposed, to disturb the congregation.
August 2d.—-As
Abraham Dobbin, Esq.,
was coming into town with one of his workmen, whom he was taking to the poll, he was attacked, about two miles and a half from the town, on the road leading to Manorhamilton, by six men, who pulled him out of his gig; one of the party then presented a pistol at him; the remainder of the party then seized the work¬ man, and compelled him to go along with them.
August 3d.-—As
Colonel Perceval was entering the court-house, in company with Captain Fawcett, a man in the crowd assaulted him, and contrived to trip him in the gateway; the man was taken into custody, and afterwards liberated.
August 4th.—As
Abraham Martin, Esq.,
was riding towards Bayview, within one mile of the town, he was attacked by a large mob, who struck himself and his horse with stones, and compelled him to return to Sligo.
On the night of the above day, the windows of Mr.
Martin's house, in Knox-street, were broken by a passing mob.
AuoustOth.—On
the night of this day, the dwelling-house of Mr.
Martin Geraghty, of George-street, was attacked by a desperate mob, who broke the upper and lower windows of the house to atoms.
Geraghty's family fortunately were not injured, although the bed upon which his children lay was situated directly opposite one of the broken windows, and above the bed, upon the plastering of the walls, marks of the stones which had been flung in were
' [The borough election having terminated on the 5th, the excitement was so much allayed that no outrage took place between that and the 12th of August.]
August 12th.—The
windows of the following inhabitants were broken, viz.:
John Shan¬ non, of Mount-street; Thomas Wright, of Charles-street; Robert Walker, of Pound-street.
August 13th.—James
Devany and Thomas Teeny, of Scanden, were sworn by a mob not to work for James Crawford.
August 14th.—John
Black beaten.
Some mowers at work for James Crawford were turned off by the mob, who threatened them with vengeance should they again attempt to enter his employment.
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1 _i Several houses in the neighbourhood were also visited by them, and the proprietors sworn not to work for that individual.
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The windows of Robert Walker, of Pound-street, were again broken; and the windows likewise of Eleanor Mullen, of Knox-street.
Two carts of salt, the property of Mr.
Hugh Leighton, a merchant, were scattered by the mob.
August 15th.—Rev.
Mr.
Bates, Baptist minister, and his wife, coming into town in a gig, were attacked, and the former severely beaten; the latter escaped by taking refuge in the house of a priest.
Rev.
Mr.
Doolittle, Wesleyan minister, severely beaten.
James Crawford, Mary Acheson, and John Middleton, severely beaten.
Two drays, belonging to Anderson & Co.,
were stopped, and a quantity of beer and the casks, value 3 /.
11 s.
9 d.,
were destroyed by the mob
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+,^1 The windows of Mary Downes, of High-street, and a large quantity of decanters, tinnWers, and iuecs, were broken.
Also the windows and a wooden gate of William Hudson ot Mag-heriof Ld the windows of Humphrey Gillmoi; of John-street; Thomas Anderson 0 Oakfield; James Duffy, of Pound-street; James M'Cready of Radchff-street; and Robert Carey, of Mass-lane; also of James Enonson and James Gillmor, were broken.
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