THE DYNAMITE TRIAL.
At Edinburgh, on December 19, the trial of M'Dermott and others for complicity in dynamite outrages at Glasgow took place. Dr Dupre, of the Government Chemical Works, testified that the wafers in the box of Dasey when arrested at Liverpool Avere similar to those found in the box exploded at the canal bridge over Rosie Park road, Glasgow. A policeman testified to finding in the house of the prisoners several newspapers and documents shoing sympath with the Irish agitators. Wm. Laurie, who testified in Dublid against his brother-in-law, Poole (who was executed on the 18th), explained the nature of the Fenian oath and the objects of the organisation. The case for the prosecution closed with Laurie's testimony. The declarations of the prisoners were a general denial of the charge. The trial concluded on the 21st. Five were found guilty, and sentenced to life imprisonment. The other five were found guilty on the first charge only, and sentenced to sexen years' penal servitude, the following jmsouers W ere sentenced for life: — Terence M'Dermott, Thomas Devaney, Peter Calloch. Tnose sentenced for seven years were: James O'Donnelly, James Kelly, Pat M'Cabe, Pat Dramond, Denis Casey.
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Grey River Argus, Volume XXX, Issue 4785, 24 January 1884, Page 4
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195THE DYNAMITE TRIAL. Grey River Argus, Volume XXX, Issue 4785, 24 January 1884, Page 4
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