The Express.
London, England, 1868-04-23 00:00:00

THE FENIAN TRIALS AT THE OLD
BAILEY.-(THIS DAY.)

(Before Lord Justice Ceekburn and Baron Bramwell.)
The trill of the Fenian prisoners was restuned at
10 o'clock this morning.
When their lordships had taken their seats,
Mr. Keogh asked that the &primer lisdlany should to
recalled before the case for the crown had dosed.
The Lord Chief Justioe assented, the Attorney-General
having offered no ybjection..

John Davis, ►adding at Hingb-crom-road, was then exa-
mined, and stated that while fixing a grating in Osrpora-
tion.lane on the 13* December he saw a cart against the
prison wall. Two little Wye and a man were close to it
at the time. The nap wan kneeling and 1 at the
end of a barrel which was in tie oart. He maw something
like a squib burning at the end of the barrel. The man than
ran away. Witness did not observe his face, but he maw
that be was a man of gentlemanly appearance. He wore
a brown ovals:et and a silk bat. A policeman wee »Wm-
ing to where witness steed, and then the boys ran away,
and the explosion occurred.
Inspector Thomson, et the detective department at
Scotland-yard, was priedmed by the Attorney-General,
and was proceeding to state what he found in Barker pos-
session, when _

Mr. Baker Graeae eljosted to evidence Maim to an
=redo. which teak pleat iu tie absents it the prieoners.

After some dimwit; wpm this paint sad upon the ad•
ssimibility r eridemoe emrimats of the invisible let-
ter referred to by lealisay se hiving been written by
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fear or live perms;
The Lord Chief lodise ruled against Mr. Greene on Me
ground that the ►eet of ► oo.coaepir►tor were admissible.

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Baron Bramwell agreed with the Lord Chief Joatiee,rob.
serving that the evidence which wee coughs to be Omen
had a material bearing on the use.

The evidence of the witness was thee continued. He
said he found in Borke's presemion a small glees 'bulb
containing some substance. He &heaved it to a 'medical
man, by whom it was subsequently retareel
Cross-examined by Mr. Sleigh—Allea made twe 'state-
ments to witness after he was arrested and melte In-
spector Bemuse', which related is mesas he had-seen on
the day of the ezplmice. The leaned mussel peacmded
to questim the "stem as to what Allen had mid seeped-
mg one of the prisoners, but
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The Lord ChietJ unties observed that what sae inan said
of another behind his back was not admisible.

Cross•examined by Mr. Straight—He went to the prison
about balf•paet .3 on the 13th of December, sad saw
Timothy Demos& and Juatioe near the Princes( Wales
beershop. Witness remained in the prison about twenty
minutes. Timelier Desmond was *till there, and as wit-
ness passed in a cab Timothy Desmond came and looked
into the cab. ♦ men from Birmingham was with witness,
and noticed Desmond. Witness drove to Bomanat-street,
and had proceeded acme yards beyond the John •of Jeru-
salem, when the explosion occurred. He then jumped out
of the cab and ran hack towards the prison. He did not
then see Timothy Desmond.

By Baron Bramwell—Desmond appeared to he drunk,
and witness should up that he would not have had time to
teach the spot where the barrel wu between the eme at
which witness left the prison in a eab and the ts;plosion.
If Deemed had goes to the barrel atter witness first saw
him he meat have gone while wawa, was in the poison.
_ . _ . _ _

J.mee Cape, one of the warden of the House of Deten-
tion, war recalled and suunined by the Attorney-General.
He stated that on ow occasion, while examining the
clothing which Mrs. Remy brought to Burke, he found
three or fear pieces of green mineral substance in a
stocking. He reported the circumstance, and gave the
three woes to the chief warder.
By Baron Bramwell—Witness did not bear the con-
versation which took place between Burke and Mrs. Barry.
The door of the cell was closed.
. _ _

John Moore, the chief warder of the Hesse of Deten-
tion, being examined corroborated the evidence of the last
witness with regard to the finding of the plates of green
mineral, and added that he gave them to Dr. Bedbug.
Dr. Koala* stated in reply to the Attorney-Goseral that
having examined the bulb referred to by Thomeon, be
found it to contain chloride of gold. When dissolved in
water the characters produced with it were invisible. There
were several processes by which they mild Es made
legible—by means of copperas among others.
By the Lord Chief Justice—Tim characters wars never
absolutely invisible if exposed to light. They were prac-
tically invisible.
. . . .

Esamination continued—He had examined the plebes
which the last wane's had given Moore, the chief warder,
and found them to be coppers&
By the Lord Chief Justice—Chloride of gold was easily
obtained, being used for purposes of photegraphy.
By the Attorney-Oeneral —l4e had examined the staves
of a barrel which bad been given him by the police and
e.,s of opinion that the barrel °optimised petroleum. Re
found some sulphate of potash in the staves, which was
the chief product of an explosion of gunpowder. He
also fouud some grains of unexploded powder.
By the Lord Chief Justice—lie thought from the smell
of the staves that the barrel mast have contained petro-
leum at some period.
John Moore was recalled, and stated that he was in the
lI ,:se of Detention when the explosion occurred. The
tma fur exercising the prisoner, was from a quarter past
o a quarter past 4. The two exercise yards were next
Coirration•lane, and were separated by a corridor. For
v•rt .iu reasons the hours of exercise were altered on the
I At of December from the hours mentioned to an early
Lou. in the morning. The part of the wall where the ex-
pt”ion took place had been rebuilt, and the difference
ktween it the remainder of the wall was visible from the
eisc ground inside the prison. Up to about ten minutes
1., loe the explosion Burke was lodged in a part of the
immediately facing the exercise ground.
Crass-examined by Mr. Montagu Willitins—The prison-
.g were exercised on the 13th of December some few hours
i fore Anne Justice visited the prison. The names of
persons visiting prisoners would appear in the prison
books.

11 Peron liramwell—On the occasion in question, when
tLe ptisoncrs were exercised in the morning no notice wee
giro' thst they would not also Lc exercised in the after-
awn.

Ly the Lord Chief Justice—With the exception of Sun-
day, the rule for exercising the prisoners canoe • day from a
quarter-past 3 to a quarter-past was adhered to.
Inspector Thomson, being re-called, said when he
orren..sl Burke on the _'oth of November, be had a man
named Barnett with him, for the purpose of identification.
When he took Burke into custody there was • scuffle, and
Casey followed them. When witness arrived at the
station, and after he hail charged Burke, he gave Casey in
charge for assault. On the Zlcd of November Casey
was charged before Sir Thomas Henry, and Burke, or
George Berry. was charged with treason felony.
Cross-examined by Mr. Straight--Witness arrested
Burke on • warrant granted in Dublin. He had not the
warrant in his possession at present, nor the sworn
nation upon which it had been issued.
This acknowledgment on the part of the witness was
nude the ground of an objection by Mr. Straight against
the production of evidence respecting the remands granted
by Sir Thomas Henry. It was, however, overruled by the
cunt
William Scott, • painter, was then examined, saddened
that while walklkippge over the debris of the prison wall on
the 21st of December be found • white bell which he gave
to the sergeant of police at the station.
Henri Morris, • lad of 18, was then examined by the
Solicitor-General. He said—l live with my father
t Deptford. I was an apprentice to Mullen,.
I remember seeing • person named Brown at
Hollany's house on several occasions. I saw him
yesterday in prison, Inspector Thomson being
with me at the time. I knew • man neenill Burnett, and
I did know two men named Lynch and Ryan, whom I
have seen several times at Mnllany's. I knew
tLe prisoner English, and have men him at ?dullany's
sery often. He was there ones or swiss while
Brown was there. I recollect two persona coming
to see Mullen) about • month or six weeks before the ex-
pinion. I knew them as Jackson and Hastings.
„I now recognise the prisoner Barrett as Jackson.
Hastings dined with Manny every day, and Jack-
son dined there a few times. I saw them there
On the day before the explosion. I never saw
Hastings after that day. Harting. remained for dinner
md then left. On the afternoon of the 13th of December
I beard of the explosion. When Mullen, heard of it he
got off the board on which he worked and went out. He
'scanned away about ball-an-hour, and returned and came
into the front room, which was the workshop. A. man
homed Henry Patton came and send for a needle and
thread and some buttons to sew upon his Imams. Patton
woe a tailor and had been at Hullany's beforethat measton.
I noticed that • piece of Patton's right ear was off and that
blood was issuing from it. I observed the* his neck had
been washed, and that his cellar was wet and bore marks
of blood. Patton went into the back room, and I went in
there almost immediately after with en iron. I found
Jackson there in company with Patios, Mulkey, and Mrs.
1114b-hY• Jackson was washing his nook, which I noticed
was black. Mollany remained there about five or ten
minutes and then went beak to the beard. I observed
that when Patton entered the house he wee
"lid differently from what be had always has.
WLen Jackson was wading his seek his whitlows wens
thesauri as they were before in eispeerenee. I did set
,gain until he was in enetedy Ittaikeizset
nation. Hie whiskies bed then hese shasons end ads
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