SENT TO PRISON
IRISH REPUBLICANS SEQUEL TO MURDERS DUBLIN, May 26 As a sequel to the recent arrests of 70 members of the Irish Republican Army, Patrick Collins was charged today before a military tribunal with membership of an illegal organisation and with failing to account for his movements. Collins refused to plead, declining to recognise tho Court. Mr. Geoghegan, representing tho Irish Free State, recalled the murders of Vice-Admiral Somerville in Cork last March and a 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, the members of which were in unlawful possession of firearms.
Police Superintendent Diggin said that Collins had refused to answer when asked if he knew who shot ViceAdmiral Somerville and young hgan. 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 terms varying from three to 12 months on one or both of the above charges.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22430, 28 May 1936, Page 11
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188SENT TO PRISON New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22430, 28 May 1936, Page 11
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