Wesley Corpus

10. Ann Coosnea, of Cork, deposes:--That on or about the 12th of June, as she was standing at her father’s door, Nicholas Butler, with a riotous mob, began to abuse this deponent and her family, calling them heretic bitches, saying they were damned, and all their souls were in hell: that then, without any provocation, he took up a great stone, and threw it at this deponent, which struck her on the head with such force, that it deprived her of her senses for some time. 11. Ann Wricut, of Cork, deposes:--That on or about the 12th of June, as this deponent was in ner own house, Butler and his mob came before her door, calling her and her family heretic bitches, and swearing, he would make her house hotter than hell fire: that he threw dirt and stones at them, hit her in the face, dashed all the goods about which she had in her window, and she really believes, would have dashed out her brains, had she not quitted her shop, and fled for her life. a July, 1749. | REV. J. WESLEY’S JOURNAL. 459 12. Margaret Grirrin, of Cork, deposes:--That on the 24th of June, as this deponent was about her business, Butler and his mob came up, took hold on her, tore her clothes, struck her several times, and cut her mouth: that after she broke from him, he and his mob pursued her to her house, and would have broke in, had not some neighbours interposed : that he had beat and abused her several times before, and one of those times to such a degree, that she was all ina gore of blood, and continued spitting blood for several days after. 13. Jacos Connor, clothier, of Cork, deposes:--That on the 24th of June, as he was employed in his lawful business, Butler and his mob came up, and without any manner of provocation fell upon him: that they beat him till they caused such an effusion of blood, as could not be stopped for a considerable time; and that he verily believes, had not a gentleman interposed, they would have killed him on the spot.