The Sun. — 1852-08-20 (London, England)

THE SIXMILE•BRIDGE INQUEST--TE VERDICT. The long-enduring patience of the public has at length been rewarded, and, after a waste of fourteen days, the most exemplary of coroners deemed that the ends of justice were satisfied, and yesterday delivered a rather elaborate charge to the jury, who retired shortly before three o'clock, and at twenty minutes to five the foreman caused it to be announced in open court that twelve of their number had agreed to a verdict. At this time the court was densely crowded, and the utmost anxiety was evinced to learn Gl:e‘sVoen the result of this most protracted inquiry. The jury eaJohn t", John having come into court, the foreinan announced that twelve of the jurors had agreed to a particular finding, and they resolved to have the verdict drawn up in a legal form. The CORONER then read the finding, as follows : Thompson, John Dwyer, James sharp e, Thomas Clarke, 1 and John Carter, soldiers of the 31st Regiment, are a(rfierssoa.ti jstiaemdetsharteJstoihntig9C, W. Ddellimaniegße guilty of the wilful murder of Jereiltah Frawley." Five jurors dissented from the verdict. Their names are—John Holman, It. B. Walton, William Mahon, William Morri4, and Patrick Mahon. Mr. William Mahon stated, that although the had not agreed to the above verdict they did not acquit the soldiers of all criminality, and that they would all have agreed to a verdict of manslaughter by soldiers whose persons were not identified. The five dissentient jurors also acquitted Mr. J. C. Delmege of having either fired himself or given any orders to fire. The jury were then requested to again retire and consider their verdict as to the eause of death in the other cases —namely, Michael Connellan, Michael Colman, Thomas Ryan, James Casey, and James Flaherty. Mr. Graydon then applied to have the • eight soldiers admitted to bail. In consepuence of the extraordinary and incredible verdict which had been given in, against even the opinion intimated in the  coroner's charge, it would be necessary to make such an application immediately to the Queen s Bench ; but he apprehended that it was in the discretion of the coroner to allow bail to be given for them; and he submitted that it was a case in which the coroner should exercise, in favour of those men, 'the jurisdiction which he (Mr. Graydon) would show by legal authority that he possessed. Another ground on which he pressed his application was, that the jury had not been regularly impanelled, no precept having bc en issued to the sub-inspector of police to summon a jury, except in the case of Frawley. The CORONER said it should be remembered that the five dissentient jurors had stated that they would have brought in a verdict of manslaughter, in which case, ii it were civilians he was dealing with, he should have no hesitation in issuing a warrant. He could make no distinction between a red coat and a dark one, but was there to do his duty fairly but firmly to all parties. Mr. Graydon pressed the application, but the Coroner decided upon refusing it. The jury having returned similar verdicts in the other cases, the requisition was engrossed in due form. The Coroner then issued his warrant for the arrest of the persons implicated in the verdict, and it was entrusted for execution to Sub-Inspector Donovan and a party of constabulary, by whom the eight soldiers were conducted to Ennis gaol. Mr. Delmege was not present in the court.