New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-12-15
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TO TIE RIGHT HoN.JtMgs HFSRf NoNAHAN. ArfORNf'
GENERAL FDR fkELAn

TO TIE RIGHT HoNJ,wgs HEyRY NoNAHAN. ATTORNEY
GENERAL FOR lRELAp
SIN. have served A copy OF the enclosed notice ~
on the sheriff oithe County Of Dublin ia order T. avert
danger of panel being constructed a. % deprive
me OF a fair jury and fs.r trial
feel farther bound 20 tn- notice upon You, ~
public pro.ecufr ln ord % avert the greater danger
OF jury being constructed As % render iar trial i'm
possible.
lam Catholic and shall consider any Jury from
which all Catholics excluded not fair Jnry, and
the trial held before such Tribunal az hot TAR trial
lam an lr,hmsn and shall Svnsider a Jury selected
exclusively from sny .ct 0r section oi N" irish
people while any other section "a drsigucdy eX
cuded to pr, gdice the prisoners chance OF An SCOUT
al, not far jury but very obviously foul jury
and fraud upon the administrator Of Justice.
do not protest ~ inirc agunsf being tried by an
exclusive jury without rsssoulc grounds Tor appre
hendinQ such yroc.edin- Three prisoners have been
already tried ana convicted ia Ireland i1r the same
offence imputed aud among the thirty SIX Jurors
who tined them ihcra wa. not one Catholic.
In Mr. MitcheIs trid every Catholic who took ihe
Holy Evangeliss in hs hand 10 be sworn was immed.
ately directed % drop IL and stand aside.
In Mr. Martins trial also every single Catholic with
out exception. was directed 90 stand aside.
In the Trial Of Mr. ODohefty. Catholic gentleman,
the last commission the same practice was repeated
Catholic sitter Catholic ordered from the book, il
twelve exclusively Protestant Jurors were selected and
sworn
To attain these three exclusive Juries you the public
prosecutor aside after they called TO the Jury
box, no lees than forty three Catholic Juror
That these selections and exclusions were not seei
dental but made with fixed and uniform design one
fact illustrates Though there Catholic on an
of the jurics there each Of them At least one
Englshmsn on Mr.. Mitcheis jury. Mr.. Nansneid, an
Englishman. Mr Martins Jury. the foreman MI.
Victorious. an Enrlishman on Mr.. ODohertys first
Jury, SIR Resd an Engishman AT the EngishmeE
competent - serve Du1lu jures are A. moot T."
dozen. the Catholics competent but altogether *
cuded amount - 'r0 h0usaHa nine tsHdrod and h'ri
fire.
And moreover, have reasonable ground for taking
precautions against this Injustice from the msnnef 10
which the panels we're prepared la each OF ne cas-
which panels defended BY you a. just and impair
tia To wit
l. In Mr.. M.,obers case the panel was prepared n
this manner The jurors book OF the City OF Dublin
contains the $40 persons competent % serve
uTes, of whom , 9J5 are Catholics and o3 frOlr-
tans Of al denominations The -bar OF Duohn l"no
AZ present appointed directly by the Crown contrary
% the ancient ard charter which gave the cleo
ton Of the City sheriff o the coryoratou) selected
out of this let panel 81 10 jurors ard among these
80 there were ls Pr1testants and only , Cainohcs
This undue numoer of Catholics Tas further mpared
By being placed on the panel tn partial and unfair
Among the first - names there va. bat Z Catholic
among the first 20 names but : Catholics. When the
panel 80 prepared was impugned you. the public proc
ecutor defended il, well and lawfully arrayed ana
when the Jury 20 BE- sworn from H. you sci ASIDE
every CathOic without exception. who answered O.
hi. name amounting - j. IN al On the jurors book
A. revised BY Recorder the Catholics counted nearly
, O. on the panel prepared BY the sheriff only u
/ b. the selected % Won. NuNk % turft
fore I feel bound 20 serve th.s notice on you
H. In Mr. Martins case. the same sheriff selected
! frum the same jurors book panel containing me
Of 80 persons q whom 10 were Frote'tani'
and only % Catholics The sheriff swOre on the chai
enge OF this array On another case) that be believed
there we're 80 Catholics 90 me psnsi have caused i
o. De reeNsmnei ~ persons well acquainted win me
Jurors and tina number OF Catholics D. exactly ~
When the jury came 20 b. sworn you aeein set aside
every single Catholic Who sprfs-ed unonnung ~ -
In sli The number Of Catholics on NJ Martins panel
according 70 the proportions m th- jurors DOOR onsai
10 have been least = tne sheriff cu ouy ~ the
number Of Catholics on Ms jury according 90 me same
proportion. ought O. have been Or r you LETT NOT
o~ and for ,ni reason also deem 10 Necessary o. the
s,ds of Justice O. serve this notice upon you
nm In Mr. OD1nerfys ease, the same >ncrif pre-.
uared panel from the same Jurors book u contained
the names Of m Jurors Of whom 1874 were Prctesiani'
and only a Catholics They were sxtin arraJed 20 ne
nrndice Of the prisoner IN the irst iy there
were A Pro,estsnts and only Catholics In the nrsi
- name. - Protestanis md only 10 Catholics m TIE
and lev When the Jury cane % b. selected from
hi, panel you again set aside every Cainohc without
exception - BE- % the oook-an1ountng 70 y IN
all-sna selected Jury OF j Protestanis And Tor
this reason aso deem . necessary 70 the ends OF JUS
ice % serve this notice upon you
Ans finally deem essential n the ends Of Justice
IN serve this notice upon you becalse wnfn me iorua
ton Of the panel and the jury NJ Ncneis case VS.
/ bro-rn, nader tire notice of the House n Common.
July p i--1 the Hone Secretary or En- and stated
ina, YOU -, aside * persons 90 that OCCASION because
they were marked ~ ~ 70 . rctlf1 on N- Wy
the private copy the panel noted - the prscner ana
bis soT~stor. thereby admitting that Tcl had taken
mean. 10 make Yourself masrer Of t1e private docu
msut. prepared Tor the prisoners defence proceed
Inc ,r--siv. 10 the subject and most csnon1rng -
the crown and coo,rsIy 70 the sYri o. 1i;ce ana %
| Ire dus administration Of the law
Eo- tbese various and wsghry reasons give you no
dee that REQUIRE 70 - trsc BY jlrv. from "aien
,si,br Catholics nor Protestsnts shs b. wholly exc ~
"a IN, b,t- admitted according their ust proper
- Js-v Of nv Peers selected fairly ffn the panel
sns eon.l,upr OF men W. sia11 Indecent betVeen
The crown and the Prisoner and 5eg = aPP1se so9
tbs, vii b. prepared prove toe s-'s h-re .taie
49,. he .sau II they ~il be sffnred m eFi
denca and tbs. VII resist - every means 70 ny
-, .rz stt.,rt % pa into the jI-yoox 81 eSei4
sive Jury 'hA'''''-
1 November p i-4-
MISCELLANEOUS.