Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-01-02
THE O'DONNELL CASE.
The Way They Try Capital
Cases in England.

gushed lawyer of New York, who
went over to England to assist in the
defence of O'Donnell, who formerly liv-
ed in the United States, and who killed
Carey the Irish informer, gives the fol-
lowing account of the swift manner of
English trials. O'Donnell was SEN
fenced Immediately after the jury re-
turned a verdict and was hung few
days afterward. Gen Pryor did not
get leave TO take part in his defence
and speaks of his trial as follows, on
his return to New York, Dec. 10th:
Il firmly believed O'Donnell would
be acquitted until the Judge charged
the jury when they came in the second
time and asked what degree of man
slaughter the prisoners crime would
be if they found O'Donnell had acted
in the belief that Carey was about to
shoot him.
JUDGE DENMAN's CHARGE.
Cup to that point | saw nothing to
criticize, and up TO that point the jury
evidently inclined toward the prisoner.
"But where is the evidence to sup
port this supposition p asked Judge
Denman. His lnterrogatory, with his
tone, was most emphatic declaration
that there was no evidence. 1t was a
thing which he had no right to saw.
and which was a palpable usGrpa,ion
OF the province of the jury, FOR it was
for the jury to say whether there was
any evidence to justify verdict of ac-
quittal or manslaughter After these
words of the Judge it was entirely
evident that the jury were obliged to
bring in verdict of murder, and the
Judge so knew it to be, and knew the
effect of his words, for he retired to his
private room and returned with the
black cap in his hand before the Jury
came in.
81 am absolutely satisfied with the
defense, but Eere let me refer to an
other matter. Always after the ver-
dict of guilty is returned in England
the clerk asks the prisoner if he has
anything to say why sentence should
not be pronounced. This was asked in
an utterly inaudible tone. | didn't
hear it, and several barrsters who
were Iearer to the clerk than |, told
me they did not hear it,
O'DONNELL CHOKED OFF.
O'Donnell didn't hear it. | say that
absolutely. Immediately the Judge
proceeded to pass sentence. After he
concluded, the wardens on either side
Of O'Donnell, took hold of him to re-
move him to the prison down stairs
and my God, it is prison! O'Donnell
then waived the wardens off and asked
the Judge if he might not say some
thing
The Judge waived his hands to stop
him, and the wardens seized him.
O'Donnell had intended to make an ad-
dress, but, being cut short, he supposed
it to be a trick to stop him. | shall
never forget that moment. O'Donnell,
untutored and ignorant, shook off his
guards and stood as straight as a wall
His eyes flashed the manhood that was
in him He meant to show the world
that he died game, and believing this
to DO his last chance to signify his pur-
pose, as they were forcing him away,
he Illuminated the words with clarion
voice: "Three cheers for old Ireland (!
Hurrah for the United States To
HI with the British Government ="
You see he was but q rude man, but the
impression he made was profound"
ENGLISH CONTEMPT FOR AMERICA.
If had made application to be al
lowed to plead for O'Donnell, | know
it would not have been granted. They
grant no courtesy to American lawyers,
and the English people generally hold
Americans in the greatest contempt
In America we have always allowed
English counsel the courtesy of plead
ing A case in point was the Emma
Mine case; but instances are too numer-
Gus to mention O'Donnell's counsel
advised against any attempt on my
part to appear for the prisoner. They
said that the prejudice against Ameri-
cans was such that any English jury
would convict man who had an
American counsel. My observations
proved the correctness of what they
said"
at is time,'' he continued passionate
ly, "that the American people ceased
10 crawl on their bellies to Englishmen.
The English have only dersion for an
Englishmen who allows himself to be
toadied to by Americans Lord Cole
ridge has sunk in the estimation of his
countrymen, and has lost nine-tenths of
the respect which the English people
held for him. 1t is high time that we
ceased to be nation of $4,000, 900
sycophants
They had a "calico tea party" in
Philadelphia last week Calico tea is
a new article Is it raised in this
country?
Small boy: "Pa, did you know
ma long before you married her ?" Pa:
81 didn't; | didn't know her till long
after | married -
A newly married Texas man shot
his bride while she was making her
first batch of biscuits. His plea in
court will probably be self defense.
Refrigerator cars are kept running
all winter. Faith, said the Irishman
who looked into one, its the fust toim
/ liver saw a cellar on whales
A man should never be ashamed
to own he has beenin the wrong, which
is but saying, in other words, that he
is wiser to-day than he was yesterday
A little nine-year-old of Mrs.
Partington, at a recent church wedding,
asked Mamma, are all these gentle
men with white boutonniers the gush-
ers ?"
A Californian who has returned
from Walla, Walla county, w. r., says
that in five months he had only about