The Kenilworth Advertiser. — 1883-05-19 (Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England)

THE DUBLIN MURDER TRIALS.  The business' of the Dublin Special Commission was resumed on Friday by Mr. Justice O'Brien.  Edward O'Brien was first arraigned for conspiracy to murder Government offioials and others, and pleaded guilty. He was then put batik. Thomas Doyle pleaded guilty to the same eharge, and his solicitor asked that sentence should not be passed until his employer could attend to give him a good character. This application was granted, and the prisoner was put back. O'Brien is a shoemaker, and a true bill has been found against him for the Phenix Park murders, on the evidence of a man and his wife who swore they saw him near the scene of the tragedy on the evening it oconrred. Doyle is a coachbuilder, and worked in the same establishment as Kelly, and It was these two who, according to the evidence of Kavanagh, induced him to join the invinoibles. Edward McCaffrey, whom Carey swore was one of tbe four directors of the directors of the Invincible, was then put forward on a similar indictment. He pleaded not guilty, and said he was ready for his trial, only his solicitor, Mr. Walsh, was not present. —The Attorney-General stated that a communication was sent to Mr. Walsh on the previous evening that this trial would be proceeded with that day. —A message was then sent to Mr. Walsh, and the jury panel was called over.—His Lordship informed the jury that if the trial did not terminate that night they might separate, as the offence was a misdemeanour, not a felony. McCaffrey was subsequently arraigned for the Phoenix Park murders, and pleaded not guilty, in a firm voice. . .  Mr. Walsh asked that the ease should be postponed, on the ground that he was utterly unprepared to go on, and had not even counsel employed. Mr. Murphy opposed the application, on the ground that Mr. Walsh had received ample notioe. His Lordship announced that he would not allow the trial to proceed, as he did not think that the prisoner should suffer from any neglect on the part of his legal advisers. The trial was then postponed until Tuesday morning, for which day an entirely new panel of jurors are summoned. _ _ _ .  The Court then adjourned until Tuesday, and the jurors were released from attendance until Wednesday morning.  The trial of James Fitzharris, alias " Skin the Goat" for being an accessory after the fact to the murder of Mr. Burke, was resumed at Dublin on Wednesday. Four independent witnesses were called to prove prisoner's presence in the park at the time the murders were committed. No witnesses were called for the defence, but prisoner's advocate contended that the ease for the Crown had failed, and that no evidence had been given to prove that Fitzharris was aware of the crime which had been committed when he drove the Invincibles from the park. The jury, however, found him guilty, and he was sentenced to penal servitude for life. Edward McCaffrey, Daniel Delaney, and Thomas Martin pleaded guilty to conspiracy to murder, and sentence in each ease was deferred. True bills were found against Kingston and Gibney for conspiracy to murder Joseph Poole, and against M.Brady for sending a threatening letter to Mr. King, a juror. The Dublin Special Commission terminated on Thursday. The trial of Peter Doyle was postponed till the next Commission, owing to the ill-health of the prisoner. James Mullett, Edward McCaffrey, Edward O'Brien, William Maroney, and Daniel Delany were sentenced to ten years' penal servitude each for conspiracy to murder Government offieials. Thomas Doyle, for a like offence, was sentenced to five years. Thomas Martin, who was in prison at the time of the Phceniz Park Murders were committed, was discharged on his entering into recognisances to be ef good behaviour. Mr. Julio*  O'Brien then disoharied the special jurors, and paid a tribute to the conssientions zeal and courage with which they had done their duty. Matthias Brady, brother to Joe Brady, pleaded guilty to tending a threatening letter to the foreman of the jury which had tried his brother, but on the intercession of Mr. King he was restored to liberty, on entering into recognisances.