The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-12-04 00:00:00

VERDICT AND SENTENCE.
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The trial at the C,ntrel Criminal Court of Patrick
O'Donhell lor Vie warder of James Carey ores concluded
on Saturday. A c otpto of W 1,11.44. for the pr owcotion
bermi been re., si.ed, the .I fen., eai opened, but only
one le Mame ,r ... 1,1 ~ II tile ', z -W•lt,r Y you, a cab
Pr ipri-t rat l'or. E.. ea Kith. A... R les •I!, Q C., then
a Idrosiied Is,, jury t .r Sae prison •r lies•kteC 101 u. cry
three hour. an I a helf eifrry poseible pilot was taken
with con-unsinato skill, an I the defence wt ..p was as
edmirable for its ingenuity as for the sustained elogovite•
with which it was enloreed.
Sir fleury Jame, was not long in pointing out the weak
points iu the defence.
W. Juetice DAmia di went through the e•i leace in
Most tniout i detail, newer 000 i err doing A p slut axamet
the prison ,r, or toditing 0 the jury his oWn °cation.
His exposition of the law of word r was lucid and free
from techuicalitiee.
All the tune the pria soar had been intently washing
the course of the Cl,ll. Hie bearing was dedaut 8
times he would loan on the tail of the dock. At othe •
he would sit or stand with his arms folded cm his chit,
or watch his brat ier, wlrs well seated direety opposite
him, or look i °dud tie e fart, as if in quoit of trio ida lie
hyieveriad during the sPetiOil Of his advocat i t tie f.,11..1•41 I
all tho points ot tho Atto•uoi•Genersl in. by one, and
would now and lien wake written or. r if Commons. s'.i SO
upon them ti his s nicitor. To the swum ii,- ip of she
joist., he bstenel intently, said apparently with satis-
faction.
The jury retired, anl nearly an hour caw I. At lost
there came • communication ti the ju .g ,sod th . j cry
were re-called. They *anted in edec ti It., a • 1... t . or,
It Mo. R6Lesielre .tor, were t•ue, they co IA ix. sit
O'DonnelL His lordenip ~in is at dowo th 'lnc c eel,
and lorcibly, but emphatically ratuindod them i is it, he( ore
tatty cline to any tiouclusion, they must ask thein•
• dewo weer* was the erideoce by which it *is sup-
ported. Nearly an hour emcee!, a 1.1 seem the j try
returned. Tula time they wanted • defloitoa of mance.
Avg.,, hie lordship exclaim,' ts t leo the IS., aid
di:ecto i them to obey his ruling, en! ti C male" t isir
et:enti...n to the facia. Fr tie turd time they I etkr.d.
to return again in ten minute.. Th.t they had made up
their minds was clear, but the reply of " Guilty " took
everybody by sorpriert. O'Donnell remaintd unmoved,
and hieing asked what he had 0 say, simply mode •
swatting of dissent
Mr. Joetice Denman then ;awed sentence of death;
and while his lordship was 'peeving o*Donaell et sod all
the trout of the dock, entirely selfoponsesse J.
When sentence bad been pronounced, the condemned
wan said: Can I speak, my lord I Thi J ids.
The warders on each ..da of the prisoner were about Is
take hold of him, when O'Donnell, who bad drawn hit:aged
up to his full height ant folded his eras. ea Ideoly
tare./ them hack, exclaiinint, "Send back there." He
wee immediately seised by tile warder t, but n it until Inc
Is! exciaitned. "Tare* cheers for Irtlan 1 and the
United State.. To -- with the-- Britishere and the
British Crowe .' As he was removed struggling down
Ike ate from the dock to the outs he WWI heard shoot-
ing, " YOU are a line lot of —, you are. It is a plot.
made up."
- When the verdict was kn 'len, great di.applintment
At was expressed by tad Irish io the crowd outside the court.
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