The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-05-15 00:00:00

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THE MURDER CONSPIRACIES IN IRELAND.
TRIAL OF JOE MULLETT.
IMILDICT AND SLMTINCIL
Dumas, Thursday.

There was an air of languor about tbe prat:median le
Omen-street t day which sot seen the Orme, revelations
...huh the Attorney-Geo-rel, in his opeaing statement of
'ha case ag &est Joseph Mullett, nfoldad could diesipatc
Die truth is tat judge, counsel, and jor•es are not
unnaturally weary of the whole business. Joe Mullett,
etio wee arreigued t eday on the charge of attempting to
murder Mr. Field, is • men of small stature and nag-
-bapeu form, not so much hunchbacked as what may be
described as chicken-breasted. The extracts that were
read to-day from hie diary proved his mind to be ••
strangely sasorted a. his body The diary was full of
pious expression. and pious rteolutions, alternating with
reference. of • political cbar.cter ended...momenta on panto(
...ents--especiat y on the nourd rs that took Pim ia
Dublin during LIS• year 1822—ihe murder in T gte-sireet
he amulet of Belly, the informer, in Skipper's-414y,
and the taarders in the Perenix.park —the peculiarity
.but lbs emu,' IQ the Lat.r can, being that it bum
internal eiridenc, thou it had not beat wriiten until • con-
eider Age time eft,r the d ic under which it warn entered
—the 61h of May. The primmer, on ballad C died open to
plead, refused to do s and ...dated to give the grounds of
refusal. He was proceeding to do so when Judge
O'Brien stopped him, and Me Artornerdilenersl mai:sided
mite his opening. It ibest Farrell was to Ara with-se
ratted. His evidence piduted to the prisoner as the man
who on the evening of the 27th of November owe the
order for the &luck on M. Fish, which was carried oat,
and the ettack on Mr. Barrett, which failed in Com
queues of that gentliimane &Mace from town. Tide
nrisoner, who conducted Ma own cue. cioseroxamlned
Farrell and the other witness* we., are approvers, Dot on
any point touching on tbe cue, but merely as to toe
..emas they bad token to tag Fenian organic ition and te
the Invincibleie organisation, insinuating thet •• they had
uot kept them, their oath im the talt• should have
no weight 'rho charge against the pi limner of baring bees
the prima instigator of tad outrage on Hr. Field having
leen clearly proved, tie ease rot the Crown classe4
end Mullett was asked if he had anything to sey to
the jury or any evidence to offer. fie acid he
would now, if be were allowed, any what he intended to
have said at the commencement of the trial, and mord-
i aglr be proceeded to say that "our ow." hot b en pr.-
judted by English plebe opinion, by the Prue, and in
the Senate, and was about to quo e something gild by Sir
William Harcourt on the subject, when Mr. Justice
O'Brien p toooptorily stopp-d him, and said be would allow
no refbctione on any on* motel le the COOL Mallets, airer
one or two attempts to continue, subsided, and his lord-
ship summed up the evidence briefly. There was a graega
impression that the jury woald not leave their bog, hut
they did retire. taking with these the documents gr.° in
evidooce. They returned in a quarter of an hour, wth •
verdict of Nifty, and tithe jug. begao to Pam eenttoos,
the pditot.r, *no orotiably tuought that Ingo &ea.
victed or • o.pital crime be would be asked ir he bed
anything to •ity why sent,nce should not be pseud upon
him, interrupted his lordship with a request to be
ello 04,1 to cue • low rem " Nit at preeett; said
Xr..l is ice nod iu • lett forcible words proceeded
t pas. *aut..° of penal certitude le, life. As the
priso•ier w.. 0 beans retort d ho males last effort to give
utterance to hie pant•up eloquenc-, nut was quickly end
short by the attentions of the warders.

PLEAS OF GUILTY.
The sitting of toll Dublin Commission. /or lb* Ulla at
the c inspirer, priaon ri era. roeuuted •ox Friday.
It I ward O'Brien was iniletai on Noremher 10* lfela
and on diver. other drys In I.Z. that he conspired with
c rum other piteous to murder certain pubuc camels.
In reply to the usual atottation. the pee liar .aid: I am
in fly of conspiracy. To- Clerk: That is what you arw
charged with. Th. prironair was then mu:oast
Thotum 11.yle. who WIS next pat forward, was similarly
indicted. Tee prisooer said: I arn guilty of 03011:1400 eon-
apiracy—n 'thing more. I wish I had • chance of 'audio(
for my euiplorrr and other gentlemen to sive me •
character. Yr. li-yLe said he undrrstood that the prisoner
wished to yield guilty to the Indictment, but he asked ler
a poitponement of the sentetioe, as the primates. had Dorm
an •xcellent character. Tbia was agreed to.
Eteard Crefery. was of the four directors of Pm
W. 4 a at pot forwent and charred on •sitailar
tnd‘ctutent. II • pledrd not guilty. The trial was past.
poned till Tuesday.