The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-29
Jury, Out Less Than an Hour, Returns Verdict Against Irish Knight Charged With Insti- gating Outbreaks in Dublin Against Eng land.
Private Bailey is Dis charged on Order of COurt--NO DemOnstra- ton as Verdict is An nounced Easements Counsel Forced to Re tire.

London, June 29-Adjudged guilty of high, treason, Sir Rog- CT Easement, accused of insti- gating the Irish rebellion, to-. day was sentenced to death.
 The verdict came shortly be- fore 4 o'clock, the jury being out less than an hour.
 The sentence of death was decreed immediately after the verdict was announced. The date of the execution was not set.
 Daniel J. Bailey, private sol dier held as Sir Rogers accom- plice, was discharged. He was placed in the dock after sen ltence had been passed on the Irish knight, and the Lord Chief Justice instructed the jury to find him not guilty.
 The final session of the court fwas, short. It was given over Ito the arguments by counsel and the charge of the Lord Chief Justice. There was no demonstration when the yer Idict was announced against Sir Roger.
 Sergeant Sullivan, the brilliant Irish Ebarrister upon whom has rested the gchief burden of the defense of Sir IRoger, was unable to appear in court f&oday and finish his argument in be- 51alf of the prisoner. Sergeant Sulh- wan collapsed under the strain of ex- citement and emotion while deliver ing an impassioned speech in court hast night.
 Arternus Jones, assistant counsel, announced to the court when it con vened this morning that Sullivan had bene forbidden by his doctors to con- tinue the argument The chief Justice expressed his sympathy and said that it had been evident that Sergeant Sul- livan had been laboring under Q heavy strain MT Jones then addressed the court.
 Mr. Jones admitted that at first thought 1t semed an outrage for Sir {. Roger to go to Germany but he in- sisted that the defendant had at- tempted merely to organize an Irish < brigade for use against the Ulster vol Ilnteer~ recruited by Sir Edward Car son. MT Jones was proceeding to ar gue that this did not constitute trea- son when the chief ju tice interposed He explained he would direct the jury that the law was that giving aid and comfort to the Kings enemies meant assisting the Kings enemies in the war with this country and that any act that strengthened or tended tc etren ngthen the enemy in the conduct of this war against would be giving aid and comfort to the Kings enemies and that any act which weakened o1 tended to weaken the power Of tai: country to resist the attacks of the &nemy was aiding and comforting the Kings enemies.''
 MT. Jones contended that the worl Sir Rogers did in Germany was pre- 'cise1y the same sort of work he >carriec ion in Ireland before the war. Whi1 the importations Of arms was wrong ifu1 act, it did not constitute treason but an offense against the defense O the realm act. He reminded the jur. of the responsibility resting upon it saying:
 This trial may mean a tragedy t. the prisoner on account of the re sponsibility resting upon you. Tn ancient and valiant race from whicl this man springs has produced mel who do not shrink from going to tn scaffo1d for what they think are tn,
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