Just a couple extracts I had in a folder. 7 Jul. 1783
ROBERTS and wife, against GORGES and others. The further sale of the lands of Ballygawley and other lands in the County of Tyrone decreed to be sold in this cause is adjourned to Monday the 14th day of July next, at one o'clock in the afternoon at the chancery chamber. Tho. BURROUGHS. Note, one-fourth part of the purchase money to be deposited at the time of sale and the same will be peremptorily sold, either the whole or in parcels, as most agreeable to the bidders. A rent roll and other particulars to be had of Mr. Henry CLARK, plaintiff's agent, No. 5 Usher's Island, or Mr. HUTCHISSON, No. 19 Dorset street. (Saunders Newsletter) 9 Feb. 1784 Monaghan Feb. 6. The following are the circumstances which attended a shocking murder, committed in Ballygawley, in the County of Tyrone, on Saturday morning last. Mr. BRADY, surveyor of Excise at Dungannon, having got Information of a private distillery being at work in Ballygawley, came there to the house of Mr. George MAINS, accompanied by a Mr. WALKER, a guager, an officer and 26 men; on their coming they found matters as they were represented, with a still at work and out-house well stocked, with large concealments. Mr. BRADY, with a party of the soldiers, took possession of the distillery, while Mr. WALKER, with the remainder, took in their charge the out-house. The family to whom the property belonged and who were backward and forward among them, were in appearance on good terms with the whole of the party, when on a notice given, they all retired to the dwelling house, which is in front of the concerns where the seizure was made; shortly after a shot was fired at BRADY, which went through his coat and another immediately after without any effect; WALKER immediately went to the place where BRADY was, being his superior officer, to know what was to be done, when he received a ball in his left breast, that passed through his heart and killed him on the spot. Thus a worthy and respectable character was cut off in the prime of life, in doing that duty which the law required of him. What is very extraordinary, though there were such a number under the direction of Mr. BRADY, not a shot was fired by them, nor the least attempt to apprehend the murderers, though then in the house. (Hibernian Journal) transcribed by Teena https://cotyrone.com/ _______________________________________________ UlsterAncestry@cotyrone.com UlsterAncestry Mailing List Searchable Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/ulsterancestry@cotyrone.com/ https://lists.cotyrone.com/mailman/listinfo/ulsterancestry Website: https://cotyrone.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CoTyroneIrelandGenealogy/
