MURDER NEAR CHARLEMONT. inst., two men named PATRICK CROSSEY and JOHN MULLAN, (the latter better known by the cognomen Red Jack,) had a dispute about the right of property to a moss-bank in the townland of Derrymagoan, distant from Charlemont a mile and a half, in the former of which places they both resided. CROSSY [sic] having threatened to put MULLAN off the bank, the latter who had a spade in his hand, struck CROSSEY once or twice over the back and arm and subsequently on the head, above the ear, from which there was a considerable effusion of blood. He immediately fell and was conveyed home where he was attended by Doctors GILPIN of Copney [Co Tyrone], and LAVERY of Armagh. He suffered severely up to Sunday evening last, when he expired about half-past four o¹clock. MULLAN as yet has not been apprehended, although a strict search was made for him by the Constabulary stationed in Moy.

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