INCENDIARISM IN SOUTHLAND.

Press, Volume XXXI, Issue 4291, 1 May 1879, Page 3

INCENDI ARISM IN SOUTHLAND.

Special Wfre.l 4 If. ■* S4*»fto«»l irquuy wag heH at the Qaol te&* »So tie charge ef inoendiariam «S McMenamm for firing * cscrbg the death of the entire A Eomfwrof -iritaeeei *^y?* e ..«iuniiiied at the inqueet held ** tsnf* *&HBLh »go, were re-examined, te» treth was elicited until a new *, &r™* tt > J«m« IyoM, who had been S"*s™ * rrae of te . Brother! Mc*m exansined. Hβ stated 4b S^J* ,36 -" dote to fiaft'of fSto^Tfj l "Stweea them, James Mcbrother that if he would s " l * oaite •tahle.iie. would I^bß^ 11 of idSriei: Alew 1 mghte "S oa Uxe night of the 22nd of March,

Lyons heard Janws McMeiiamln iet no and go out tint. I He iratch*a hm and followed him to where the stable was, nearly three miles off, and saw htm set fire to it and knock the hone *a the bead with a crowbar. At this stage xst the enquiry Mr T. M. McDonald, who was conducting the prosecution, asked leave to withdraw the information against Patrick McMenamin, and lay a fresh one against the brothers conjointly. Lsave was granted, and a warrant was issned against James McMenamia. Hβ was arrested, but afterwards admitted to bail, himself in £200, and two sureties in £200 each. The ease is i«tobe be gone into at tneBJC Court on Monday next. ■ - ," —; ~ :— -. i