The Dewsbury Chronicle, and West Riding Advertiser. — 1882-11-25 (Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England)

THE STATE OF IRELAND.  THE MURDER OF THE JOYCE FAMILY.  SENTENCES OF DEATH.  Thu trial of Miles Joyce fur the murder of Margaret Joyce, jun., at Maatzttrasna, on the ISth of August, was resumed at Dublin on Saturdly. Thomas 0120 y, the approver, was again examined, and repeated the evidence as to his connection and taut of the prisoner with the events of the night of the murders. Other witness.:c who had given evidence in the trials of the prisoners already sentenced were also examined. Mr. Malley, Q. 0., addre9eed the jury for the defence, and Mr. Murphy, Q. 0., replied for the Crown, and after the Judge had summed up, the jury, after five minutes' deliberation, retuned a verdict of guilty. The prisoner on being asked if he had anything to say, declared that before God and the Virgin he was not there at all, and had nothing to do with it. Mr. Justice Barry then sentenced him to be hanged on the 15th December next.  The trial of Michael Caeoy for the murder of Margaret Joyce, the elder, at Maamtrasua, took place before Justice Berry, in Dublin, on Monday. The prisoner is over GO yeare of age. The jury was empanelled after considerable delay, owing to repeated challenges by the prisoner's counsel. The court was densely crowded. The evidence of Anthony Joyce, John Joyce, Patrick joyee, and Anthony Philbie, as given in the previous ceses,wae then repeeted, there being no variation or incident in either the direct or cross-exeminetion worthy of note. The prisoner sat calmly in the corner of the dock daring the investigation, and manifcsted no physical emotion. The trials of the remaining five priooners charged with the murder of the Joyee family at Maatntrasne, were brought to a conclusion on Tuesday. The accused (Patrick Joyce, Thomas Joyce, Tom Casey, Martin Joyce, and Myles Cavy) were, h t the request of the counsel, Mr. Malley, put forward in the dock. Mr. Malley then, on their behalf, withdrew the plea of not guilty in each case, and pleaded guilty. Counsel said though all the prisoners were equally guilty in the eye of the law, the degrees of moral guilt had been patent to every observer. It was impossible to tell to what extent the dark and mysterious influences which those trials had disclosed had been exercised on the prisoners. He now appealed to the Attorney-General, who had so faithfully discharged his painful duty in the vindio lion of the law, by the condemnation of the most prominent actors in this fearful tragedy, to recommend to the merciful consideration of the court the remaining prisoners, In reply to Judge Barry, the Attorney-General merely said his duty was discharged. The learned judge, addressing the prisoners collectively, said by admitting complicity in one of the most shoehieg crimes that ever disgraced a civilised community they had made the only possible atonement to the offended laws. It was not improbable that some of them had been led to the scene of carnage unconsciotie of what was :o happen, and some might have been influenced by feelings of terrorism, still they were all equally guilty in point of law, and it was his duty to pass sentence of death upon them. The prisoners were then sentenced to be hanged at Galway, on December 15th. The Attorney-General said the appeal of the prisoners' counsel would be placed before His Excellency, with whom alone the decision lay. A Galway correspondent reports that three of the condemned men arrived those in the evening, when thousands of people assembled at the railmay station. The prisoners &teemed very deprersed. A large force of police and military were in attendance, and tiao crowd hooted the convicts as they passed in cars.