Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1848-06-30
IRELAND.

THE SENTENCE OF NITCHELL-sCENEl IN CoUR
Mr., Mitchell was brought into court o
Saturday, the 9Th of May. After some pre
lminaries. Baron LEROY delivered the sen
tence as follows:
Taking into consideration the magni
tnde of the crime, as well as the fact that
this had not bJg =, the first adjudication upo,
The Act, we might have felt obliged to carr,
out lis penalties TO the utmost extent. The
sentence is that you, John Mitchell, be trans
ported beyond the seas for the term of four
teen years.
Mr.. Mitchell, having obtained leave tc
speak, said
:" My Lords, the law has now done its ut.
most by their harsh proceedings the crown
and government are now secure. | have
done my part also. | promised Lord CLAIR
endos several weeks ago, that would pro-
woke him ina rourtef lustice,as such places
as these are called. | told him publicly
and VIGOROUSLY that he should either pack
! jury TO convict me, or | woud walk, A free
man, out of this court, and provoke him to
contest i'll another field. | knew that |
VS. setting my life uron a cast, but also
knew that in either event, the victory should
be with me, and the victory is with me. |
presume that the judge and jury do not in.
tend to suppose that it is criminal who
stands in this dock. have shown what
the laws are in Ireland, and how they are
administered by packed juries, partisan
Judges, and perured sherifls.2
Baron LEROY: The Court cannot sit here
to hear the Sheriff arraigned, The admins
traton brought into contempt, and the ten
ure by which the Crown holds prerogative
in this country endangered or brought into
question.
Mr.. Mitchell: wish to say this
Baron LEROY We will hear you within
the limits of public decorum, but you have
already exceeded these limits, and the priv
lEege we accorded you has been abused.
Mr.. Mitchell: My .Iords,I have acted thro'.
out under strong sense eli duty. retract
nothing. The cause. in which | have been
engaged has only commenced, and, as the
Roman patriot said when the tvrant had his
hand thrust into the fire, when that hand
was shriveled and burnt TO ashes, Il can
prOmset for one hundred two hundred, three
hundred, to he nf my oninion." SO say |
one, yes; two, yes; three hundred, are
ready to follow my course. (Sensation.)
Baron LEROY: You must remove him.
Clerk of The Crown: Mr.. Bourne, rem owe
the prisoner.
The turnkey then caught Mr. Mitchell ny
the arm, and forced him to the rear of the
dock, upon which his friends rushed for
ward and Selling him by the hands and head
and shoulders, detained him for minute
but their hasty farewell was no sooner COM
m2rced than it terminated. A scene Of
great excitement ensued. The friends of
Mr.. Mitchell, who lhrungcJ the vicinity OF
the dock, rose and in rush to get touch
of the pris oner, created great commoion.
They seemed to have all lost all idea of the
presence of Ihe Judge or the police author
tiles. Gentlemen OF the bar, who wore the
costume, disrobed themselves and entered
INTO active resistance to the police, by whom
several persons were taken into custody
among whom were Messrs. Meagher, Do
hcny, and Richard O'German, Jr.
When order was restored Messrs. DOhe-
ny andi Meaghcrwere charged with creating
disturbance, but having stated that they
acted under the excitement of the moment,
and intended no contempt or disrespect to
the Court, they were DISCHARGED.