Evening star., 1916-06-29
Jury, Out Less Than Hour, Re-
turns Verdict Against
Irish Knight.
HIS COUNSEL DEFENDS
ACTIVITY IN GERMANY
Lord Chief Justice Delivers Charge
After Attorney General Attacks
Evidence of Defense.

LONDON, June 2s-Sir Roger Case
ment was found guilty today Of high
treason. The ending Of the historic trial
came shortly before 4. o'clock this after
noon, when the jury, which had been OUT
less than an hour. brought in its verdict
against the Irish knight. He was SEN
fenced to death.
After the verdict had been returned
Sir Roger began to read very long
statement.
After Sir Roger had been sentenced
Daniel J. Bailey. the private soldier who
had been held as his accomplice. was
placed in the dock. The chief justice d.
rected the jury to return verdict OF
not guilty, and Bailey was discharged.
Today's session of the court was
given over to arguments Of counsel and
the charge to the jury. Sir Roger
chief counsel. Alexander Sullivan. who
collapsed in court yesterday, was un-
able to appear today and his argu-
ment was taken up by Artemus Jones.
assistant counsel for. the defense.
The attorney general, Sir Frederick
Smith, summed up the case for the
prosecution. after which the lord chief
justice delivered his charge.
Arguments of Mr.. Jones.
.
Mr.. Jones admitted that at the first
thought it seemed an outrage for Sir
Roger to go to Germany. but he in
sisted that the defendant had attempt
ed merely to organize an Irish brigade
for use against the Ulster volunteers
recruited by Sir Edward Carson. Mr..
Jones was proceeding to argue that
this did not constitute treason when
the chief justice interposed. He ex-
planned he would direct the jury that
the law was that giving aid and COM
fort to the kings enemies meant as
sisting the kings enemies in the war
with this country. and that any act
that strengthened or tended to
of this war against US would be CIV
ing aid and comfort to the kings
enemies, and that any act which weak
ened or tended to weaken the power
of this country to resist the attacks OF
the enemy was aiding and. comforting
Mr. Jones contended that the work
Sir Roger did In Gerpany was precise-
ly the same sort of work he carried
on in Ireland before the war. While
full act, it did not constitute treason,
but an offense against the defense of
the realm act. He reminded the jury
of the responsibility resting upon 1t,
saying:
the prisoner on account of the respon-
sibility resting upon you. The ancient
and valiant race from which this man
springs has produced men who do not
shrink from going to the scaf1old for
what they think are the rights of
their country"
Attorney General Sums Up.
al l.
more than half an hour. after which
the attorney general. Sir Frederick
Smith. began. summing up. He argued
that even If the defense which Sir
Rogers lawyers had attempted to set
up was a valid one the evidence in the
case had in nowise supported it. In
days before the war Sir Rogers de-
fense might have had some weight. but
"one circumstance not insignificant
had intervened-the greatest military
power the world had ever seen was
trying to destroy the British empire"
The attorney general dwelt on the
truce between the Irish parties. He
said the question he asked at the be-
ginning-why Sir Roger had gone to
Germany-had never been answered
because no answer was possible. Sir
Roger had gone to make arrangements
to raise the hideous specter of insur-
rection" in Ireland.
ued, were not people who gave much
for nothing. They were not going to
keep soldiers of the Irish brigade as
their guests so that they might go
after the end-of the war to free Ire
land.
The attorney generals speech lasted
for an hour. in which time he dissected
the evidence in an exhaustive manner.
He delivered no peroration, but re-
minded the jurors his duty was as pain
fufl as theirs. He said he had dis
charged his duty and they must per-
form theirs.