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The Freeman’s Journal Sept 7th 1860
Court of Bankruptcy and Insolvency – Judge Berwick 1860 6th September
Henry J sunleck, Ardee Street summoned
Complaint by directors of the Great Southern and Western Railway Company
Forwarded a tierce of matches or other combustible matter.
Addressed to Mr Sheehan, Limerick – without distinct markings of the nature of the contents or giving notice in writing
Received at King’s bridge terminus
Prosecution under act 8th Victoria, cap.20, sec 105
Mr Charles Fitzgerald, sen. Prosecution. offence has fine 20l for each offence.
Presiding magistrate Mr Porter
not guilty plea
Patrick Leonard (drayman) examined by Mr fitzgerald
delivered to terminus – receipt. Tierce was over 5 cwt (hundred weight)
John Casey, railway porter, weighed the tierce: 5 cwt. 2 qrs. 10ibs
From Mr Sunleck, addressed to Mr Patrick C. Sheehan, Limerick, to be paid at Limerick.
company docket described contents as ‘black’
custom of railway servants was to ask what parcels it contained
- keeping them by themselves if they contained anything dangerous
Mr McKenna – the defence was that they had not sent matches or other prohibited items
Mr Timothy Hayes – Waterford and Limerick Railway – received tierce on the 4th of august, sent to mr sheehan, mr. sheehan would not take it as he said it contained a material called ‘Firelight’. it was sent back. when it arrived it was smoking, left outside a store, took fire, tierce opened, water thrown on contents to put out fire
packages of fire-lights were produced as evidence
the act – no person is entitled to carry oil of vitriol, gunpowder , lucifer matches or any other goods of dangerous nature – must be marked and give notice in writing
As the tierce did not contain those three listed items – the case was dismissed
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Tierce: an obsolete measure of capacity equal to 42 wine gallons. “a cask or vessel holding this quantity.” from the free dictionary. cwt: hundred weight (long) : 1 cwt = 112 IB = 50.8 Kg
Massachusetts State Police Trooper Matthew Sheehan
Using the screen name “Big Irish,” Massachusetts State Police Trooper Matthew Sheehan, 49, began posting on a chat forum called MassCops in 2012, writing about his work details in the State Police Color Guard and former job working for the Department of Correction. But the trooper also used the website to spew hate-filled sentiments with blatant racial overtones, including some supporting cops who shoot suspects, the Boston Globe reports.
https://nypost.com/2018/03/02/trooper-wrote-hateful-racist-posts-on-cop-forum-as-big-irish/
Note that sheehanofireland does not condone the views expressed by Trooper Sheehan. This was reposted to show that those who bare the sheehan family name come from all walks of life. reposted from nypost.com
A Western Short Story – Tom Sheehan
The Goat Killer, a Sharpshooter’s Story – By Tom Sheehan
“He never understood a word of it, or the intention, but finally understood that his being given a nickname meant something good or maybe something bad. Besides, for the latter, it might have been Mexican in origin and that couldn’t hurt him in the least. But “Johnny Abattoir” had a ring to it, something special. Of that he was sure; there’d be no chance of mistaking anyone else for him. “Don’t get too near that man, Sonny; that’s Johnny Abattoir,” or “matadero,” in the old voice.”…
republished from: rope and wire
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