Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1882 — An Irish Scene. [ARTICLE]

An Irish Scene.

[Dublin Irish Times.] At the usual fortnightly Petty Sessions held last week —the presiding Magistrates being Colonel Stuart and Mr. T. B. Wilson —three young men named Corbett,and a man named Shea were charged with having murderously assaulted a process-server named Shefedy. Patrick Sheedv deposed that he resided in C'arrick-on-Suir, and was a m-ocess-server. On Thursday, 29th December last,he got a number of writs to serve on the tenants of Mr. Scally. The writs were for rent due. In the discharge of that duty he proceeded to Ballyneal. and served some of the tenants with writs. While you were serving those writs did anything happen to you? Yes. What was it? I had them all served but two—one for Mrs. Shea and another. I got as far as Shea’s house, and i s I entered the farmyard, Shea, the prisoner, met me. He said, “Sheedy, I never thought I would see you at this dirty work.” Did anything happen to j-ou then? Yes, I heard voices in the kitchen, and I became frightened, and, turning,ran; but before I had gone twenty yards I was seized by three or four persons, and dragged back into the kitchen. Were the writs taken from you? Yes. " After you were taken to the kitchen did anything happen to you? Yes; I was knocked down on the broad of my back, aud several parties shouted, “Shove the writs down his throat.” Can you say if the prisoners were the parties who shouted “Shove the writs down his I was too terrified to know who did it. Colonel Stuart—Were the prisoners there at all? Witness— they were all in the kitchen. Sub-Inspector Cronan —You svy that you were knocked down in the kitchen. When you were down did anything happen to you? Yes. What? As soon as they shouted, “Shove the writs down his throat,” I pleaded for mercy, but it was uo use, and oue of the party stuck a writ into my mouth, and I was held down until I swallowed it. Colonel Stuart —They mane you swallow the writ? Yes; Shea’s writ. Did any of the prisoners take part in this? It was not they that shoved the writ down my throat, but they assisted in holding me while it was being pushed down my throat. Sub-Inspector Cronan —Did you sw:il low more than one writ? I was kept down until I swallowed the other. Did you get any water to wash them down? [Laughter] Yes; after I swallowed the first writ somebody said to give me a driuk of boiling water, and after that I got some dirty water to drink. | Colonel Stuart—And after you got i the water they made you swallow the second writ? Y’es, sir. Sub-Inspector Cronan—^Did anything 1 else happen you? Yes; I was cuffed 1 *nd]beaten and threatened that if Iwas ever caught at such dirty woik again, I would uot get off so easily, aud just as I was goiug out of the kitcheu, run--1 niug, a kettle of boiling water was j thrown after me, but it did not do me any harm. Had you to promise that you would never again go writ-serving"? I had.