The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-03 00:00:00

THE STATE TRIALS.

[A summary of Saturday's proceedings appeared in
our paper of yesterday. We now give them at
length.]
CLONMEL, SEPT. 30.—The court opened this morn-
ing at nine o'clock, but the interest excited the pre-
vious day to hear the Attorney-General's statement
was considerably abated. The court was crowded as
usual, and Mr. O'Brien, the unhappy prisoner, was
placed at the bar a few minutes after the Learned
Judges took their seats on the bench. The jury,
who were in charge of the Sheriff all night, in a
room prepared for them, within the precincts of the
court, then took their places, and the trial com-
menced.
Captain Emaas, of the 41st Regiment, was the
first witness examined. He deposed to having re-
ceived a parcel, containing, he believed, the articles
taken from Mr. Smith O'Brien, and delivered them
in Dublin to the Under-Secretary of State at the
Vice-regal Lodge.
John Gore Jones examined by the SOLICITOR-
GENERAL—He was a resident in the county of Tip-
perary, and stationed at Thurle3. He did not re-
member the day of the month on which Mr. O'Brien
was arrested, but he saw him a short time after in
Thurles.

After you saw Mr. O'Brien, did you say anything
to him ?

Mr. WHITESIDE objected to any evidence from a
stipendiary magistrate as to what occurred after the
prisoner was arrested. _

Examination resumed—His appearance was that of
a man wearied and tired, and he got two letters from
him, one of which was for Mrs. O'Brien, and the
other for Mrs. Doheny.

Mr. \V HITESIDE—And you had no right, 'sir, to
state what the letters were.
Examination continued—Mr. O'Brien desired him
to forward the letters, and he did so. That for Mrs.
Doheny he transmitted to Mr. Cox, the Sub-Inspector
of Constabulary at Cashel. With regard to the
portmanteau, he seemed very anxious about it. He
asked him (Mr. Jones) if he could get it for him, that
it was in the keeping of Mrs. Doheny, and he replied
that he would with the greatest pleasure. lle added
that his messengers must of necessity be police, and
that consequently she would not give it up uulees he
wrote for it. Mr. O'Brien then wrote the letter,
which he transmitted to Mr. Cox, having been first
told that no communication could be sent until read
by him. The letter was forwarded on Sunday morn-
ing at a very early hour, and he received the port-
manteau about three o'clock the same day. As soon
us he received it he gave it to Mr. Bagnell, an en-
gineer on the Great Southern and Western Railway.
Mr. O'Brien was transmitted to Dublin cn Sunday
morning about one o'clock.
Cross•examined by Mr. WHITESIDE—Did you as
a man of honour tell Mr. O'Brien that you would
prosecute him, and that you would send him bis
portmanteau ?—I did. And instead of doing so, and
keeping the pledge you gave him, on the faith of
which you got the letter, you after% ards sent it to
Dublin ?—Yes, I did, because it was my duty.
Mr. Cox, a sub-inspector of police, next deposed
that he received the letter written by Mr. O'Brien on
the morning of the 6th of August, which he sent to
Mrs. Doheny, the wife of Michael Doheny. Before
doing so, however, he got the portmanteau from a
Mr. John Norton, a builder in Cashel, which he