The Express.
London, England, 1861-10-31 00:00:00

THE MILLTOWN OUTRAGE.

The protracted trial in this case was resumed on
Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock. The interest was unabated,
and the court was as crowded as on any former day. Ann
Newsom another witness for the prisoner, was examined
by Mr. Sidney in order to prove an alibi. She is the pri-
soner's first onisin. She remembered the tune the prisoner
came home on the sight in question. She assisted her aunt
to pull of his oast just as the clock struck 10. In other re-
spects she corroborated the testimony of MIL Years, her
snot, with whom she lived for three years. Her cross-ex-
amination by Serjeant Sullivan was very amusing. Her
answers, which were all given "to the best of her know-
ledge," were to the following effect :—She has one child
living with her. She is married, "of course"—about four
years. Cannot tell in what mouth, or where ; supposes it
was io a church ;of course it must have been. To the
best of her knowledge it was by a clergyman. Had her
child about three months after. Will not swear it wee
three weeks. Tim months after the marriage her husband
went off to Australis.

Thomas Bo) le, who slept is the same house with the pri-
soner, swore that he was in at halt-put 10, sitting at the
fire with his coat off.

Luke Whelan, a cab-owner, was next exandnod. He
also lodged in the house with the prisoner. He was home
on the night of the outrage about 5 minutes to 11, and
when he came in he saw the prisoner. This witness ad-
mitted, in croas.examination by Mr. Barry, that there was a
subscription among the cab-owners and cab-drivers for the
defence of the prisoner, and that he had himself subscribed
to the fund. This fact about the subscription rimed to
take the cowl and joy/ by surprise.
William Dooley was, examined as to the time at 'hi*
the prisonee'citite home; but on eross-examinntiois he ad-
reitted that he neither looked at the clock nor beard it
strike, but "partly guessed" the time to be exactly a
quarter past 10 o'clock.
John I3oyle, another lodger in the house with the prisoner,
saw him in the house that night, but could not exactly tell
the hour.

Sylvester Megan, another lodger, was in bed and oould
not tell what time the prisoner came in.
Susan Harley swore that she saw a cab in a lane about
the time of the outrage, which she believed to be Mrs.
Connor's cab.
This was the last witness for the defence. The court
adjourned for ten minutes. When their lordships returned,
the foreman of the jury said that some of the jurors whiled
to have Miss Jolly ethinioed again as to some pats of her
evidence. Miss Jolly was sent for, and iu a few minutes
entered the court, which was at d. time densely crowded.
A juror—Previous to the period when the nineteen men
were paraded in the Castle-yard, had you au opportunity of
seeing John Curran, the prisoner?
Miss Jolly—Yes ; I saw him about • quarter of an hoar
before.
Where was that?
Mies Jolly—When I was in the drawing-room window.
You then identified him as the offender?—Yes.
Were you assisted in that ideutitication by hearing the
prisoner's voice ? No.
The voice did not &mist you in forming a recognition ?
No.

You heard hint speaking in the hall?—Yee, but that was
after I identified him.
Hearing his voice did not maid you in forming your
opinion that he was the person ?—No, it did not.
Mr. Curran—Would your lordship have any objection to
ask her was that on Thursday!
Judge Ball—Of course it was.
Judge (Ylirieti—Where did you first see the cabmen, Mims
Jolly .
Wm Jolly—When I was sitting in the drawing-room with
mamma, about three-quarters of an hour before.
Whom was Curran with when you saw bun
Jolly—He was with another cabman.
Mr. Sidney—Wuuld your lordship be pleased to ask he
wee he at that time in the custody of the politic !
Miss Jolly—l did not see any police with him.
Mr. Sidney—Would your lordship have the goodness to
ask Miss Jolly is she aware that Curran was brought to the
Castle-yard that day in the custody of the police?
Judge Ball—Do you mesa whether she saw him coming
is in the custody of the whim ?
Mr. Sidney—No, my lord, but is she metre of it as a
fact!
Judge O'Brien—Are Los aware that Curran was
brought that day into the Castle-yanl in the custody of the
police?
Mies Jolly—No, I was not aware of it.
You did not know it!—No, I did not know it at an.
You do not know it Gym:know ?—No.
Judge Ball—llo you wish to ask Miss Jolly any other
q .4"lteAreffietil"W* • Mr. *a ,th ee
the croup. In the course of a very able address he argued
that the evidence as to the identity of the prisoner, the
solo point fur inquiry, was complete. The testiolooy of the.
unhappy woman, Agnes Wiles, might be dismissed from
the floods of the jury without prejudice to the rest of the
evidence, with which it was not mixed up. No one had
ventured to intimate that Miss Jolly did not tell the truth
to the best of her ability. Counsel doubted her opportu-
nities for knowing the man when she spoke to hint at the
eab door, when he stopped on the way, and again when she
thought he was going wrong, and. especially during
the struggle, with his face near her, with every move-
ment of his fentunit. every gesture watched under the in-
donne of terror, which leaves upon the mind the must in-
effaceable impressions. In order to displace her positive
and distinct testimony they must believe that Colonel Lake
and the police were guilty of a horrible conspiracy, and that
they penunded this young lady to accuse an innocent man •
but the counsel for the prisoner had not asked a solitary;
question to lay a foundation for this unuecemary charge
modest the police. He then analysed the evidence fur the
alibi, pointing out its weakness and self-contradictions, and
arguing that it was fabricated so far as it related to the
time ill IIUeS6/11.
At the conclusion of the speech, it being near 4 o'clock,
the court adjourned till yesterday morning, wheu Mr. Jus-
tice O'Brien will deliver the charge to the jury.

THE VERDIC'T.
DUBLIN, WEDNEKDAT.
Mr. Justice O'Brien commenced his charge to the jury at
11 o'clock this manikin, and, having minutely reviewed the
evidence, the jury retired at twenty minutes 2 to con-
sider their verdict.

They found a verdict of Guilty, and the prisoner was
aeotenced to two years' purl servitude.

THE Wall 'DUAL AT DUBLIN.—It is the besetting
evil of these "sensation trials" that the convictions of the
multitude will enticipete investigation ; and the condemna-
tion or acsmital of John Currau seems to hove been looked
upon as ruetten rather to be striven for than patiently
arrived at. A wretched creature, allured by the hope of
gain, or by a desire to contribute to the suweas of what
seemed to be a popular cause, came toward aud gave false
testimony ugniust the accused, and was detected. Another
witness strengthened her evidence before the jury far beyond
the wooer of her depositions before the committing magis-
trate. These, cud these only, form, d the ditlicultios in
the way of conviction. Perjury and a semlilanco of ex-
exgeration tainted the evidence for the prosecution. The
victim herself was eufticieutly certain of the idootity of
John Curran with the man who hod riasaulteil her. After
two desperate stneggles with this man, in ch., contact with
him, and in a night sufficiently clear to allow him to see
her at a dietetic,' And follow her, this testimony was teinclus
sive. The cnes.examination of the prisonci's cowrie' upon
this 14160 statement we. as vain and frivolous as can
be nuagined. A woman may be inistekets as to
the colour of a cushiou. or forgetful is to the features
of amen to whom mile had casually spoken, bet she could
not be mistakeu as to the identity of one whose appear-
ance had been no terribly borne in upon her of
such momenta of terror. Nothing but the false testimony
which the great popular excitement attracted to the own
could have rendered the issue doubtful for an imitant,
and why this popular excitement should huvo arisen, or
why any doubt should have occurred as to the event, we
exempt hens understand. The loan his been sentenced
to tee pears imprisonment—a sentence entirely
inonninieusurate with the atrocity of his (Meow, and in-
sufficient for the protection of women who may lie com-
pelled to submit themselves to the charge of Dublin cabmen.
We can only lusters:and this eel:item* upon the supposition
that the jury found the prisoner guilty of the minor
(doted ; and, if such should have been the verdict, it is the
nowt incomprehensible part of the whole proceed-
ings, for, if auything was beyond dispute, it was
the inteut with which this outrage was committed.
It is, however, better in oases of this sort, where
clamour takes mart in judicial investigations, and
the audience insist upon expressing their sympathies in open
court, that the sentence should rather fell short of what
reasonable men might approve than appear to have been
exaggerated by any deference to these popular ebullitions.
We hope, however, that we shall bays no more of these
"sensetion trials" iu Ireland. The evil seems to be growing
there, and there was leas reason for the inti env° verdict
of King Mob in this case than even in the Yelvertan case.
The law wanted no aid from without to do full justice upon
the criminal, awl the popular excitement, tiudiug its ex-
pression in perjury, gave the accused his uuly chance of
seems.—Tietes.
THE M.AYOS or Livaaroor...-,At the meeting of
the Liverpool Town Council yesterday,
being the last of the
present municipal year, Mr. Alderman Moline moved
vote of thanks to the Mayor (S. R. Grays; lieu.), whose
liberality and dignity, more particularly in the reception
and entertainment of royal, noble, sod scientific visitors, be
highly eulogised. The motion was seconded by Mr. Ro-
berteon Gladstone (brother of the Chancellor of the Etcher
quer), who said that the unanimous vote of the council was
nobly earned. The desire of Mr. Graves had evidently been
, to rescue the local charities from debt, and to do justice im-
partially to all parties. The motion was mailed sew ma.