"Didn't I tell yer honour I thought all along how he'd be killed."
"Were you ever at Mrs. Mulready's in Mohill?"
"I war."
"Did you ever hear Captain Ussher's name mentioned there?"
"I did."
"Now tell the jury as nearly as you can what was said respecting him there."
"Why a lot of boys swore together over a noggin or two of sperrits, to put him undher the sod—that's all; but shure, yer honour, Mr. Thady, that's him there," and he pointed to the dock, "was niver at Mother Mulready's."
"Well, but when the boys swore to put the Captain under the sod was the prisoner's name mentioned?"
"Oh, it war ofthen."
"And what was said about him?"