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Brodrick; who, as a close relative of James Cotter's accuser, was hardly impartial; the jury had also been packed – all twelve of its members were justices of the peace. The trial took place in a period of heightened rumour of Jacobite invasion; a large number of arms for cavalry were found in Cork which triggered a scare until it was discovered that they were government owned and intended for a local militia unit. James Cotter was held in jail, though bail had been granted, and was convicted of the crime. A bizarre element in Cotter's downfall were the pleas for mercy expressed by both the jury which had convicted him and Elizabeth Squibb, his alleged victim. Attempts to gain a pardon in Dublin were proceeding and a stay of execution was sent, however, the hanging was deliberately brought forward and it did not arrive in time. Cotter had attempted to escape and spent the night before his execution in chains. The gallows erected for the execution had been destroyed by some of the citizens of Cork and the hanging was extemporised using a rope attached to a metal staple in a vertical post. James Cotter was hanged in Cork City on 7 May 1720. News of his execution triggered widespread riots on a national scale. He was buried in his family's vault at
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Intelligence and Espionage in the Reign of Charles II, 1660–1685
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The Making of Ireland: From Ancient Times to the Present
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James Cotter, a Seventeenth-Century Agent of the Crown.
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