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1842 Threat of murder sworn statement.
Estimate:
€100 - €150
Sold
€620
Timed Auction
The Eclectic Collector
Size
12 by 9.50in. (30.5 by 24.1cm)
Description
Description: Wexford warning 1842 - Sworn signed statement from Valentine Egan, steward to Mrs Celia Rossiter Byrne of Rosemount, Wexford, describing how he was in James Howlett's Coal Yard in New Ross when a strange man told him that he had been offered 10 shillings and a good coat by James Farrell and John Kavanagh both from Bahana Carlow to shoot him. Farrell and Kavanagh had displayed "two loaded pistols, one with slugs and the other with a bullet" The lot includes a signed statement from "the strange man" Michael Heagan from Newbridge, Kildare and two signed statements, one from John Kavanagh, a prisoner in Carlow Jail and the other from James Farrell, a farmer with 10 acres in Bahana. 9 pages of manuscript. Fascinating content.
Condition
Slight toning, very good.
