GAOL FOR 20 YEARS
BOMBING OUTRAGES MANCHESTER. EXPLOSIONS (LONDON, March 10. On charges of conspiring to cause explosions in Manchester and of having explosives in their possession for unlawful purposes, a number of persons were dealt with by the court to-day. Patrick Walsh, aged 32, was found not guilty. Michael Roy Campbell, aged 21, formerly of Belfast; Jack Glenn, aged! 23; Denis Duggan, aged 33; and Patrick O'Connqtll, aged 23, were each convicted and sentenced to 20 years' penal servitude. Patrick Deviney, aged 25, was sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment, and Mary Glenn, aged 22, to seven years. All resided in Manchester or its neighbourhood. John Cavahan was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment for causing an explosion. It was suggested during the hearing of the charges that all the accused were members of the Irish Republican Army, and some of them asserted that what they did was for Ireland's sake.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19886, 14 March 1939, Page 5
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