Cavan Court of Petty Sessions October 1861

Mary PATTERSON, Honora SMITH, Alice REILLY, Mary SMITH, and Esther EDMUNDSON were charged with having trespassed upon the lands of Robert BURROWES, Esq., J.P., D.L., near Stradone, and broken and injured a tree, his property. Only one of the defendants appeared. Service of the summonses was proved in the other cases, except one, which was "nilled" in consequence of defective service.

Mr. BURROWES' caretaker proved the cases. He caught one of the defendants perched up in a Scotch fir tree, breaking the branches, and another picking them up as they fell to the ground. Much injury had been done to the plantations and fences by trespassers. Mr. Burrowes always cuts timber in the winter, and allows people to gather the brushwood, provided they ask permission to do so.

The Court fined the defendants 5s. each, with costs.