The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-08-03
ROBERT EmMEr,s JURY.

| ways NenA W lllc ltlSu uettfI, ana any
thing relating to him is read with avid
ity by his countrymen. Judged by his
measure of success, his name should
rest in oblivion, for as a revolutionist
he completely failed to rescue his be-
loved country from British thralldom.
i The self-sacrificing nature of the man;
his pure and lofty motives; the exalted
principles by which he was actuated;
his intrepidity of spirit; his calmness
and fortitude when facing death; his
patriotic speech in the dock when vim
debating his character from obloquy;
his excoriation of British law in Ire
land and his denunciatiOn of it's ora
cles-all this has made him popular
hero with three generations of Irish
men.
Other countries have produced patri-
OTIS of the type of Emmett, but their
names are almost forgotten. Scotland
had its Wallace; Wales its I4lewellyn:
Switzerland it's Tell: Poland it's Kosci-
usko, and the Tyrol it's Hofer They
also failed in delivering their native
lands from the yoke of the foreigner:
they suffered imprisonment and death;
but no day is set apart to celebrate
their memory. Not so with Emmett.
Every year his memory is kept green.
not only in Ireland but in every land
to which British tyranny has driven
the sons of the Emerald Isle. And
they pay him that homage because
He lived for his love, for his country
he died:
They were all that to life had entwined
him.
Many have deemed Robert Emmer
reckless enthusiast, but even his enc
mics admired him for his unselfisll
patriotism. He spent his money and
his time in plotting destruction to the
British government when he could by
his education and talents have taken
high rank among his countrys oppres-
SorS.
What has led us into this train of
reflection is the recent publication in
a New York contemporary of list of
the iurymen who found Emmett guilty
of high treason in Dublin on Sept. 10,
1903. 1t is furnished by Thomas Adds
Emmett, Nj. d., grandson and namesake
of the martyrs brother, who was at
torney general of the state of New
York in Jefferson's time and attained
eminence at the American bar. DR..
Emmett quotes from report of the
trial which was published by William
Ridgeway, Esq, barrister- at-law, who
says:
1.-The following jury was sworn. af-
ter twelve were set by on the part of
the crown; two were challenged by the
prisoner for cause, not being freehold
ers of the city. nor being freemen
thereof. and nineteen challenged per-
emptorily: John Geale John Dickson,
Robert Turbett, Daniel Kinahan, Bea-
vcr Buchanan, William Davis, w. G.
Galway, Charles Harte, Benjamin
Holmes, John Lloyd. Walter Locke,
Thomas Palmer"
The Ridgeway who gives the names
of the jurors was among the counsels
for the crown on Emmet's trial. Besides
him were Standish O'Grady. attorney
general James McLelland. solicitor
general: Plunket, Wayne, Townsend
and O'Grady. The counse1 ror Emmett
were Burrows and MacNally. On the
bench We're Lord Norbury, Baron
George and Baron DAILY.
Before the publication of DR.. En-
NETS letter, the Irish Standard had dis
covered the names Of the jurymen on
Emmet's trial in Vol. xviii. of the
State Trials by T. B. Howell, Esq, Il.
X. S. +. S. a.. which was published in
London In 1920. The names are exact
ly the same rs those given above. In
addition to the names of the jurors the
writer copied the names of the wit
nesses who appeared against Emmett
They are as follows: Joseph Rawlins
George Tyrrell, Michael Frayne, John
Fleming, Terence Coghlan. Patrick
Farrell, Colonel Spencer Thomas Vas.
sci, Frederick barley, Captain Henry
Evelyn, Robert Lindsay, Michael Gle.
ment, Edward Wilson, Felix Brady
John Doyle, Rose Bagnall, John Robin.
son, Joseph Palmer and Major Henry
Charles Sirr q.
OF these only two were out-and- out
informers. Most of the others were
soldiers. peace officers, constables and
government employees. Rose Bagnall
and Joseph Palmer gave no damaging
testimony. The last witness on the
stand. Major SIR, Is a man Of odious
memory. 1t was he who arrested Lord
Edward Fitzgerald and also the subject
of this article.
There was evidence enough to con.
Wet Emmett without any resort to per.
jury on the part of the crown witness.
es. His counsel, MacNally, did not