DUBLIN TRIAL.
RECENT MURDERS; Republican Army Members Sent To Prison. POSSESSION OF ARMS. United Press Association.—Copyright. (Received 10.30 a.m.) DUBLIN, May 26. As a sequel to the recent arrests of 70 members of the Irish Republican Army, Patrick Collins was charged before a military tribunal with membership of an illegal organisation and with failing to account for his movements. Collins refused to plead, declining to recognisc the Court. Mr. Geogliegan, representing the Irish Free State, recalled the murders of ViceAdmiral Sonierville in Cork last March and the. boy, John Egan, a month later. He said the police had ascertained enough to satisfy them that the murders were organised and carried out by an organisation whose • members were in unlawful possession of firearms. Police Superintendent Diggin said Collins had refused to -answer, when asked if he knew who shot Vice-Admiral Somerville and young Egan. Collins denied that he was a member of an unlawful association, the Republican Army. Collins was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment. He was removed from the Court shouting, "Up with the Republic!" Five others were sentenced to from three to 12 months on one or both of the above charges.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 124, 27 May 1936, Page 7
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