The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-04 00:00:00

IRELAND. ,^ CsVf4';rl'
DUB
ine trial of Captain M'Afferty, whictaadam-S
menced ou Wednesday while the jury were consi-
dering the case of Burke and Doran, was resumed
yesterday morning. The prisoner is a young man of
middle stature and stout build, about 30
years of
age. He has dark hair and beard, smooth cheeks,
and healthy bronze complexion. He is good look-.
ing, although the shade cast over his eyes by pro-
minent brows sometimes gives rathfeeraseowliiinigs
expreseion to his otherwise pleming features.
dress is a black velvet coat an I dark tro .vsors. He
looked keenly at the jurors when they were sworn,
as if trying to detect the ver lint in e ich tnan's phy-
siognolny. lie also scrittinisA fewoires of the
witneseA, but, like the two prisoners vho have been*
coo vieted, his demeanour in the dock was very quiet •
Indeed, nothing can exceed the decorum and
solemnity with which the wh de of these trials have
been hitherto conducted ; and it is due to the Lord
Chief Justice to say that no provocation is ever per-
mitted to disturb the serenity of manner and judi-
cial dignity which become the President of such a
court, and which have long distinguished his col-
leagues, Mr. Justice Fitzgerald and Baron Deasy.
This is the more satisfactory, as many persons
feared that Mr. Whiteside's well-known peculiarities
as an advocate might sometimes break out on the
bench. Levity, irritability, and partisanship,
though they seemed to be part and parcel of his
temperament, have completely disappeared under
the responsibility of his exalted position.
The Attorney-General, resuming his address to
the jury, which had been interrupted by the ver-
dict on the previous evening, stated that the pri-
soner was an alien, a native of Ohio; in the United
States. He had been tried and acquitted in Cork
on a point of law made in his favour by his coun-
sel, Mr. M. J. Barry. Having dwelt upon the law
of treason as affecting aliens as well as others. thet
Attorney-General proceeded to state that the priso-
ner was actively engaged in the late insurrectionary
movement. He next called the attention of the
jury to the contemplated attack on Chester Castle,
which, lie stated, was organized and arranged by
the prisoner M'Afferty, but which was fortunately
arrested by the timely information given by
Corydon to the Government on the Sunday preced,
ing the Monday on which the attack was to have
been made. The plan was that the Castle should
be attacked and ransacked of the arms and ammu-
nition therein stored ; the raiders were then to tear
up the railway line, cut the telegraph wires, and
proceed to Holyhead, where one of the mail steamers
was to have been forcibly taken possession of, the
arms and ammunition stored in her, and the insur-
gents to sail for Ireland. On M'Afferty and Flood
discovering that their plans had been frustrated,
they proceeded in one of the Manx steamers to
Whitehaven. On the following day they asked to
be brought across in a collier to .Ireland. It was
perfectly plain what their object was; they knew
that every steamer had been well watched, and that
no matter how they were disguised they would be
detected ; therefore, they adopted the plan of get-
ting to Ireland in the New Draper, which was com-
manded by a Capt. Smith. They took ship on the
20th of that month, and arrived in Dublin on the
23d. Fortunately, the authorities in Dublin had
been apprised beforehand that two persons with a
suspicious appearance had taken ship in the New
Draper, and as the vessel approached Dublin a watch
was kept for her in every direction, and police were
waiting to arrest the parties who were in her. As
soon as she was seen coming up the river, two police-
men put out in a ferry-boat to intercept her. As
they approached they saw two men coming along-
side in an oyster-boat, rowed by two men. Into
thatoyster-boatM'Afferty and Flood dropped. They
pulled up in the direction of Carlisle-bridge, and the
men gave chase in the ferry-boat. The parties got
alongside a canal barge, and did actually succeed in
getting into a collier, when the police arrested
them. They gave their names as William Jack-
son (that was M'Afferty) and John Phillips,
'that was Flood). When they got towards Dublin

they became Pxeited, and were anxious to get ashore
before they came up the river. They were afterwards
identifie 1 when they were brought to the prison. It

had not been knowu at the time who these men were,
but when brought to prison they were at one re-
cognised. On the prisoner APAfferty being searched

there had been found on him a glove, and between
the glove and the lining a large gold ring, that had
been found by the warder of Monntjoy Prison. On
the inside it contained a photograph of John 111‘.-If-
ferty, and the words, " Erin, I love thee, and thy
patriots. Presented to John WAfferty, by
the Detroit circle of the Fenian Brothers, as a token
of esteem. Detroit, April 20, 1866." The jury would
at once see that the object of the prisoner in coming
Over to Ireland was to take part in the unfortunate
affair which broke out on the sth March last. If he
was guilty of what he had told them, the offence for
which he had been indicted was justly laid to his
charge, and if he had aided and promoted the acts
alleged to have been done on that occasion, he was
as guilty as his unfortunate companion Thomas F.
Burke at Ballvhurst, who had fired at the troops in
the lamentable outbreak.
The following evidence was then produced by the

Crown :
Sub-inspector G. Graves, examined by Mr. Mac-
donoah, Q.C.—I was stationed in Queenstown in
Sept., 1865. I remember Sept. 18 in that year. I
saw the prisoner at the bar on board the tender com-
ing from the American steamer. He was searched
in the usual way. He had only a small black bag
with him. His person and the bag were searched.
Some documents were found in the bag. (Witness
here identified the documents). I put a mark of my
own on the documents. I am ready to say that these
documents were all found in the prisoner's bag.
After the search I had him arrested and conveyed
to the barrack at Queenstown. I saw him after the
arrest in the barrack.

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Iwas serving Courtney,u
n d examinedeunder
Sub
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nbsyp
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orGraves Mr. Murphy,
Sept.Q.C.
8, 1865. I saw the prisoner on board the tender in
Qwhuiecehnlstotoownk.
some
lonisaw edoacsumma?,lhltbsaagmiin
hahnisdhedantdh,emfrotmo
Sub-Inspector Graves. (W itness identified the docu-
ments.)
John Joyce, examined by Mr. Macdonogh-1 am
the governor of the county of Cork gaol. I koow the
prisoner. He was in the gaol from September, 1865,
to January 2, 1866, when he was set at liberty. I
had at that time an opportunity of seeing documents
with the prisoner. There were letters containing
rules and regulations. I saw him writing name
ds. s on
the papers. All letters passed through my
hanl
can form an opinion as to his handwriting. After he
left the gaol in Jan., 1866, I received an American
newspaper covered with dark brown paper. That
newspaper has been lost. The superscription direct-
ing the paper to me came through the post, had an
American stamp on it, and was in the handwriting
of the prisoner. I looked over it. (Witness was then
examined with reference to several
de documentere s han n
theded
in by the Crown, and which he posed w i
handwriting of the prisoner.)
John Devany, an approver, examined by Mr.
Murphy, Q.C.—I have resided in New York for 19
years. I became there a inemb,,r of the Fenian Bro-
therhood. I took the usual pledge that was admi-
nistered. to me ;
It
was in
in
effecttnp teroWmoobcyliarntymsounp;rior
officer in the organ and
goodwill among all classes of Irishmen, and to use
my best efforts to secure the independenceof Ireland.
John O'Mahony w,oi the head of that society in.
America. I heard John 011ahony state that Janl -
eR
Stephens was the head of the society in Ireland. /
know the prisoner at the bar. I first saw him n
1866. I first saw him at a meeting in John's
-wow, i-
That was a meeting of Fenians. That
ti me I saw the prisoner; that was was the first
March, 1866. Al that nieetio .1 the month of
or four different platforms. AI e spot
from three
Col. Mullin, secretary of militarye was introduced by
Fe-
nian organisation. officers for the Ile said that M kfe
lately incarcerated in a Bri • `"--ertY bad been
British dun
votion to Irish libert dungeon for his de-
Killen, S. J. Arcane y.
John O'Mahony, B. D.
y, were also present ; Meaney
collect the substance of the State of Ohio. I re-
He said that there was what the prisoner stated.
seen i
"%Mee. Stephens no person in America that had
84 late as be did, _
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e callo