Madden, The United Irishmen their Lives and Times, p. 365. Joseph Cuthbert, and five other United Irishmen were put on trial at Carrickfergus for the murder of an informer named Lee, but were acquitted as a result of a plea from their defence lawyer, James McGucken, who stated that on the evening the alleged murder had been committed all the accused were in attendance at Freemason"s lodge.
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