nine o'clock
He proved that Ussher had revealed to him his plan of running off with Feemy , and he stated , that not thinking much about it , he had told three or four friends of the circumstance , and that he could not tell whether or not it might in that manner have got round to the ears of the prisoner . Mr. O'Laugher in his cross-examination bothered this young gentleman considerably , but as neither the questions nor the answers are material to the story , it would be useless to repeat them . The next witness was Pat Brady , and as the verdict to which the jury came , depended in a great degree on his evidence , it will be given as nearly as possible in detail . Having given his name , he stated that at the time of Ussher 's death he was in the employment of the prisoner ; that he had been his confidential servant , and was intimate with all his habits ; that on the night when the deceased was killed , at some time , he supposed , about half-past nine o'clock , his master had entered the kitchen at Ballycloran , and had desired him , Brady , to follow him out into the avenue ; that his master , when in the avenue , had told him that he had killed Captain Ussher . By this time the counsel had ceased asking questions , and as the witness was telling his own story , we will leave it in his words . `` I thought it war poking his fun at me , yer honours -- for I knowed the Captain had n't been at Ballycloran that night , and that the masther had been ating his dinner at home , so I did n't be taking much notice of what he war saying , till we war mostly half down the avenue , when Mr. Thady told me the body war there . Well , yer honours -- what with the night , and what wid the trees it was a ` most too dark to see ; but I felt the man 's body with my foot , and then I know 'd it war thrue enough what the masther was afther saying .