The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-05-03

toftare, sheh as whipping. picketings, halEhang.
'ngs, &c. &c were pr ct'sed In Dub in, close to !
The Castle gate. He swore also that Lord Cas-
tereagh must have hesrd the cries.
The Court.-Can it be endured that such at
iidayIts as this to be put in, when we have
expressed our determination on the subject, &
given our advice
MIR. Carrow~-~-Certa,nly, my Lord, it ought
NOT To he tolerated We. have S,+sT; mai,
entire week, and he has chosen to remain obsti-
nate
Mr.. Finnerty.--lo offer the affidavit to be read
it will snbs,sntiate every thing have stated in
the original libel.
The Court-Sr, have you any offensive affida.
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Mr.. Finnerty My Lords, according to the
doctrine which was lad down by This court thar
truth yv1s no jasaf c ,tion, pleaded guaIy on my
trial --i lid 81, 81 eause understood that on
beng oroug up ior judgnt NJ might produce
The truth M mitig auon. T',,s was no idle fancy
o. my own; 1t wss haiii upon your pre- ;edents
Since the law was AZ ainst ne, have deferred to
II; but nothing On esrta shalt .nduce m 10 make
any submission to Lord Csstleresgh. No, my
Lords your language to Gale Jones' on his trial
was that he had no proof Of what he. stated
Tat snail not apply 70 me, i here tender you
the PLAIN, unqus stonsbie evidence of Lord Cas-
tieceagh's guilt. ] have written not syllable
! which cannot prove. now offer to do SO.
and 10 the face Of this court and of the country,
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divdusi who ever prosttuted the Office reposed
| ir.li
fihe Court.-We cannot hear this. You may
noHu1ser fresh libeis ag ainst Lord Cssiiereagh,
winch ne can have 40 opportunity of rebutting.
MIR. Fnnerty.-Yes, my Lord, he will have an
| opportunity. ffer my sf6iavits. Let him, as
! Colopss Draper did, put in counter-afhdavits, If
he can, ana :nus re but my evidence. Ifhe can
\ notdo this he S,ust stand arraigned and convic-
ted before the couosry l ask your Lordships
to give him the opportunity or, if you do not,
ask you. in the name OF all "a; &c sacred, how
Can you reconcile 1t to yourselves to send me to
prison for utterng the truth ? Will you, hear
my sffidavi,s /,
: The Court.--No; not if they are the svne
with those which you have offered They M
not plead in mitigation.
Mr. Fiunerty According to this, am cnr,-
CATION, again offer my affidavts
The Court said before, not to the purport
OF those you have offered
Mr.. Finnerty--I shall, then, state the purport
Of a few and then your Lordships can receive
orreject them as they proceed have here an
affidavit OF father and Tortured sid. BY S,de
WIN YOU read that
The Corrt.--No
MI fmnerty Here is another from Mr.
/, Hughes, whom Lord Castlereagb saw after the
! torture had been inflicted his back was raw
with The scourge, and b shirt one mass of blood
ntng loosely around him.
; T'e Conrt.-Why, this is contumacy to the
Il Court
, Nj Fnnerty Il wish to offer none II stant
here ''ot 10 rcpe your Judgment, but % vndicatt
my Observation-Disclosures IS dearer TO me thar
= life; ard in comp.rjson with the loss of that. A.
ny punishment within ;1lsVer's limits to iDfiict
has rtle terror ter me- ave offered now &c
prove the truth of all my :, elements. According
TO the law, may he called lbeller; but if
= had not sffsred my affidavits, might b. called
4 liar also IS nee the Court does not cho se
. 10 hear tho truth OF this ayerment, proceed "a
another
NJ Mr. DIX ms affidavit stated that he was a yeo
{ man n 1898 that ie saw three peasants whip
ped and tortured without trial.
fl The Court. What does this prove,
e Mr.. Fnner'y .--tsgoes on TO state, that iht
cruetes were ciniIntted with Castlcrea gh's
: sanction and privity.
: The Court-You nave been often told these
S things Sere irrelevant. DO not compel us tt
u send you back to prison til, next Term, in order
: that you may come here TO receive our judgm en-
: in becoming manner.
l. Mr. Finnerty observed, that he had been tt
: Ireland on purpose to Obtain these sffidavits
u which did not contsin one-hundredth psrt of th,
r atrocities he could prove against Lord Castle
! reagh. They had been sworn 20 hv honest men
. and he again pressed them on the Court, as Col
Draper had been allowed so to do. lie deman
: ded equaljastce
J. The Court, however, refusing to hear them,
Mr.. Finnerty proceeded to speak in his de
n fence. After abiding to the hardships of having
: ns sworn testimony refused, which had beel
received in a former case, he ohserved,-
= What are the crimes of which l am accused
: ] IN accused Of beng oppressed, and not sub
citing being slandered, and opposing hin
: wna -raduced me-of acting on the first Law
which God and nature have implanted in tn.
: hear Of man. that of self preservation Is ilii
. to Or dzsmed crimc, , Gpod God are we COM
:, to suct crisis. that IL this land Of freedom thu
. iyrsnt nay torture US, and we are not to oppose
=. Are we. then oppressed, and spurned, and tram
= pied on, TO be denied the last refuge of misery
. compliant! l ask this day no indulgence
= snPplicate no mercy give rae an impartia
: hearpg, patient attention, pure and unmixe
= justice. Justice, my Lords, is consistent ant
compatible with freedom: mild, tolerant, anc
unbiased, she seeks but the clear and candit
itruth to produce decision consonant 10 her cha
racter. Give me to-day that justice, and sha,
have little aPpt ehension You see me here on
Ipressed, but mnocent---respectftl, but undaun
fed----reyereniial to this Court, but not regard
less OF my character-and supported, under al
t my difficulties, by the conviction, that British
Hall OF Justice is the last place where apprehcn
sion should enter.-It may be ssked me- WHY.
y arm innocent, did withdraw my plea. will
= tell your Lordshps Very early in this prose
a cution l heard the Bench declare, that any eyi
= dence of the truth which should offer coulc
not ex,enuste my guilt That, they said wa
II law. Here then, was, an innocent man, with
mi fNtN