The Herald of Wales and Monmouthshire Recorder. — 1883-04-21 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

THE TRIAL OF CURLEY. PRISONER SENTENCED TO DEATH_ Alter the jury had been sworn, on llon.tay mornins,.Dr. Webb, the lending elmut.*l for the defence, asked to be released fn:m lefentling the  prisoners snit the dose of Curli-y's trial. The judge intimated he would consitt r  tion.—Carleys trial was then pro ceded alai. Daniel Curley, the second of tlit men eia.i,md  with participation in the l'homi Park murders,. was put upon his trial Oil Mumisy it ttie Commission Court. A iituub-r of pe who had been auunnoned on the amidal pup did ta.A  put in au appearance, and they were eae tined £lOO. Mr. Murphy opened the ease ter the  Crown, and afterwards called James Carey.who, in the course of eress-extuaination by Dr. Webb, stated that thete had been twenty-too •Atterapta to te,saltsinat• Mr. Forster, at twenty of which wAttess was present. He said Mr. Fer,ter did not deserve the love of any Irishman, mi he should not cry,whatever became of hint. Robert Farrell was also examined, his ev:leues being  very eimilar to that given by him at the h'rit trial  Ihe court afterwards adjuunied until  Tuesday.  Joseph Smith, the itformer, who was employed at the Castle, was examined on 'Tuesday morning. Ile 811 V/ Curley among the others on May 6th. He (Love lit Fitzharria's cab with prisoner to the spot. lie afterwards saw Curley, Brady, end Carey standing in a group. Carey subsequently instructed him to nuke inquiries about Colonel Hillier's movements. Michel Kavanagh was the, next w ithess. /de ch eeribed how its drove the prisoners to thu.. rendezvous in the park. Peter Carey, brother of the notorious informer, guy° evidence on Tuesday. Curley introduced him to Joe Brady. Witness was not in the Park on the 6th of May. Prisoner had sail that Kavanath should be wiped out as he was likely to inform. Witness, in cross-examination, admitted he had been a Fenism.—Ernma Jones, , servant, identifisd Curley as being near the ei,ene of the murders. :the :sow a scuffle, cal something glitter, and then a gentlentau fall. , James Carey, recalled, said that the Cad placed in the letter be:: of the " Express " ofli contained an inscription executed by the order of the Irish Inviucibles, it was orizin ,113intend. d that it should be laid on Mr. Imeke's body. Two witnesses, Kennedy and O'Connor, stated that prisoner was not at work on the .Ith and 6th of May. The ease for the Crown than closed, and Dr. Webb addressed the Court for the defence, dwelling on the price.er's good character and the infamy of the Crew., witnesses. Special orders have been issued front the Home Office, directing that no one is t communieme with tie Dynamite prisoners, except in the pre.eueelof some prison official. The aoliciters of the priaoners are not exempt from this regulation. The "Freeman's Journal," commenting on Brady's trial, says—" While we do no for an instant challenge the pr priety and justice of the verdict and the sentence, we would ark whether there is not abeolutely demanded the stamight corroboration from outside the ewerseination circle, upholding the testimony of the informers? "—The " Midi Times" hopes the trial may have a soleinnising effect on distant contributors of money and malice to Irish unrest.—" The Express" says the conviction will give the country a sense of relief. The trial of Curley, for participation in the Phoenix Park assassinations, was resumed in Dublin on Wednesday. Mr Adams addressed the court for the prisoner, dwelling upon the infamy of the informers and the weakness of :the] support from independent witnesses on the part of the eassioh. Be thought an alibi bad ;been clearly eniaffshed. Attorney General, in reply, pointed out, that even if it were clearly proved that the prisoner was absent from the Park when the murder *as committed, that did not absolve him from the consequences of the crime. The Judge then summed up the case to the jury. On: Wednesday afternoon the jury in Daniel Curley's trial for the murder of Mr. Burke, at Dublin, brought in a verdict of "guilty," and the prisoner was sentenced to death. Execution to take place on May 18th. Carley, who had made a long speech, in which he denied being present at the Phoenix Park murders, exclaimed on leaving the dock, "God I save Ireland ! " in I