Brighouse & Rastrick Gazette. — 1883-02-24 (Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England)

COMMITTAL OF THE PRISONERS.  The process of reading over the depositions, which the Act of Parliament requires, was gone through on Tuesday before tnit magistrates at Kilmainhaan The Dublin Correspondent of The Times says : It was a very dnll and dreary ordeal, and the deserted appearance of the Court-house, in which only the magistrates, the counsel concerned, the prisoners, and the Press were present, contrasted very strikingly with the life and excitement which it exhibited on former days. In the absence of spectators, before whom they might display a spirit of bravado, the demeanour of the prisoners was much less demonstrative. The following prisoners were placed in the dock—James Mullett, Joseph Brady, Henry Bowles, Thomas Martin, Timothy Kelly, Peter Carey, Edward. M'Catfrey, Edward O'Brien, Joseph Hanlon, Lawrence limbo, Peter Doyle. William Moroney, Daniel Delaney, Joseph Mullett, Daniel Curley, Patrick Whelan. George Smith, Michael Fagan, Patrick Delane, James Fitzharris, Thomas Doyle, and Thomas Caffrey. Whelan, on entering the dock, shook hands with his companions, with whom he appeared to be a favourite. Mr. Keys, referring to the arrangement to admit Patrick Whelan to bail, said that the 12th and 13th Vic., chap. 69, regulating procedure, was mess stringent and mandatory, requiring that in all treason-felony cases, before magistrates can accept bail, a license should be obtained from the Lord-Lieutenant or the Chief Secretary.  Mr. Tinder, solicitor for Whelan, thought that their worships might make the rule of ball on consent.  Mr Keys; We cannot. The statute is msndatory ; but no doubt a licence could be promptly obtained from the Castle.  Mr. Woodlock : We will take bail if the licence is forthcoming after the depositions are read, and these will be read in the presence of all the accused—Whelan as well as the others.  Mr. Peter O'Brien, Q.C. thought it better that they should proceed in this important matter with due and proper regularity, and he would forthwith obtain the necessary licence from his Excellency. The sureties, who were in attendance, then left court.  The prisoners having answered to their names, the clerk proceeded to read over the depositions, beginning with the formal depositions of Acting-Inspector Warrington and others made in the police-court the day after the arrest of the larger number of the prisoners.  During the reading of the depositions the prisoners conversed with each other In an undertone, and in a lively and sometimes humorous spirit. liven Delaney, who has been very melancholy throaghdht the inquiry, appeared to be amused. "Skin she Goat " was the centre of the fun, who kept his audience in a !merry mood by his running comments on all that paned. Joe Brady sat in the middle of the dock, and conversed with Patrick Delaney and Thomas Caffrey. They paid no attention to the reading of the depositions, which was the merest formality. In the course of the day a number of the prisoners' relatives were admitted to the gallery, and greetings of the most friendly character were exchanged between them, which stowed that they were not devoid of natural affection.  The prisoners, with the exoeption of Patrick Whelan, were then formally committed on She charge of conspiracy to murder certain Government *Medals and others, and of having in punuance of that conspiracy, murdered Lord Frederick Cavendish and Mr. Burke.  Whetan was committed for trial on the charge of treason felony, and was admitted to bail, himself in LW, and two sureties in t 2.5 each.