The Express.
London, England, 1868-01-28 00:00:00

IF: FENIAN PROSECUTIONS.

311ILANY AN APPROVER.
I'.oW-STREET.—(IIIIB DAY.)
c..llovlticnco of the increased number of the
~,(hlrge4l with complicity in the Fenian outrage
real, it had been found on the last occasion
a a r estremely difficult to place them all In the
r. On the present occasion arrangements had
to obviate the difficulty by erecting an iron rail
.1, tbv attorney's table and the dock, forming a
L..r in front of the ordinary dock, and somewhat
Tower level.

owzli very little interest was shown in the matter
who usually form crowds in the street, the court
eveoted even a larger assemblage of spectators
o former occasions.

been expected that the prisoner Clancy, who is
with attempting to murder Sergeant Chown and
Chamberlain, would be brought up first, and
Lhargel with the Clerkenwell outrage afterwards.
,rpriqe was created when, upon Sir Thomas Henry
hisseat, it was announce:l thatthe prisoners charged
the latter offence would he examined first. This
a.. was increased when only eight prisoners were
lit into court. In the upper dock were placed the
usnemds, English, Barrett, and Anne Justice. At
bar, O'Neill, O'Keefe, and Allen.
Gifford, Q.C., and Mr. Poland again conducted
osecution ; Mr. Harper appeared, as before, for the
h.,,uonds and English ; Mr. Lewis now appeared for
,tt and O'Neill, as well as for O'Keefe, Masai,

I Alum Justice.
.re surprise than before wits excited, and apparently
one more than in Mr. Lewis, when Mr. fliffard
el "Patrick Mtillany," end the man hitherto
• •mcr tinder the name of John Mulkey, or John
Mullany, was brought into court, and pieced
the witness box. He glanced nervously at theyrisoners,

,1 appeared much agitated. He gave his evidence in so
is a tone of voice as to be frequently inaudible, and it
as found necessary to make him repeat his answers. He

;0% none is Patrick Mullany : I am desirous of being
',bed as witness for the crown. I have been a member
t,.. Fenian Brotherhood, the object of which was to este-
a republic In Ireland, and to overturn British rule in
I held the position of a centre. I was sworn in
• at Barclay's, in Pollen-street. I was sworn
by James Kelly. He is not the man known
Kelly. I have been introduced to
~,ran officers by the prisoner English. I was
t...hicoil to General Halpin, Colonel Healey, and
• I Burke, now a convict (he was convicted in Ire-
., Or. Morrison, and others whose mimes I do not
• r. I saw l'aptain Dreafferty. I was introduced
I.y English. He was a decent sort of fellow, and
shut the raising in Ireland with him. Before the
render I was out of work. The strike took place
April, and after that time I had not much to
The Litter end of November a bag was left at my
' it was taken away by English. I saw revolvers
oe bag, and powder flasks and small flasks of
It was taken away the day of the explosion,
• • .lay or two before. I remember the meeting
I lellaam somewhere about Little Queen-street.
was present, and I think William Desmond, but
I was nut. That was about a week before the ex-
T.,11,,,1 about raising money to carry out an
. • m vow. o one man said they must have money, no
they got it. Some volunteered to get 11.,
'ii. I NI., I or Ifls. Powder was to be bought with
the 5. I' ich wan was to get powder in small quan-
mad, as they could get. They were then to
a.t. t • the American stores in Oxford-street to see if
tie y ;4.4 enough powder, and to see how they were
la_ They could not settle then. English said be could
m house in Castle-market. I went there with
It would not do, so we tried another place in
•. •,, dihourhood. When we got there they related how
a on alt tlawyierThoernee wasm only
anw one
u giving mano who b
raers and
..."ti., would not receive them, and it terminated in •
o se. ..f quarrel. I attended William Desmonds house
ruellay or Wednesday before the explosion. English
• I It,rrett attended that meeting. William Desmond was
•.• himself. I saw one man very pale in the face, a hole
1., coat, on the left shoulder, penetrating his waistcoat
.1 • hirt. I saw Barrett, who I knew by the name of Jackson,
opposite, with a revolver in his hand, which
:"aged to English, a breech loader. They were discussing
e merits of it, and said it was no good. I saw five or
more revolvers in the room. I saw another pistol
I ..led and given to another man. A man had got • barrel
another was to get • tnndiah, which was to be put in
t end of the barrel, to carry the light to
barrel. They asked for a truck, and I
,uk it was O'Neill who said he could get
• from 3lannooks. A man was sent out to
tok after the truck, and returned in a short time saying
it was " All right." I know the place where the truck was
.• pt. He had gone just about the right time to get there
sal hack. They were to meet next day at 12 o'clock
.t Will. Desmond'a house. I told him I was too busy
(multi not come. I heard that Jackson bad been up
the House of Detention to see the place a day or so
It fore. I did not get to the meeting on the Thursday, but
I sow Jackson and another man that night. He told me
tl..t it had failed, and they would try it to-morrow and
ttnil it to h—. I next saw Jackson on Friday night,
the ,lay of the explosion. I noticed that his
whiskers were off and another man's coat on
hut. I began to chaff him about his whiskers, and
Le toll me that he took them off ; that it was him that
lit the fuse, and that he was afraid he would be identi.
1.e.1 if be kept them on. I asked him who was with him
'4,1 he told me. The other man I noticed bad his ear
tt, but that man was not with him when he said he lit
the fuse; he was in my workshop, and that was
it the patine house. He said he was going away
at I would hear from him. I did not see him
14,,in. till he was brought into this court on Monday week.
1'44, the explosion I knew that Barrett and another
Lan rime to this court at the time that a man named
trorn, or Burke was examine I here. He had two loaded
"Avers with him. I saw hi nin the 'ate Tart of the day
• he sad be and the tthe- roan had brought
tlem to shoot Corydon, lot they could not do
• they cold I not get in, and so they could
tot do it here. The next thy Jackson (Barrett) told me
that they remained there all day to shoot Corydon, and
.4t third day Barrett cam down by himself ; the other