The above story from Saunders’s News-Letter, 9 February 1837, recounts a successful theft of a wagon-load of hay in Dublin, with the thief trading on the name of well-known Irish barrister John Hatchell.

Dublin tricksters were known for their ingenuity, and no tradesman wanted to annoy Mr Hatchell, who had fought a famous duel on Sandymount Strand twenty years earlier (details here). He later became Solicitor-General (despite its name, a post occupied by barristers), and Attorney-General of Ireland.

Presumably the driver thought Mr Hatchell required the hay to feed his horses!