DEATH SENTENCE PASSED
Irisli Military Tribunal FIRST IN SEVEN YEARS (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) Dublin, July 21. A military tribunal established a precedent by passing the first sentence of death in seven years when it sentenced to hanging Michael Conway, employed at a garage, for the murder of John Egan. Conway refused to recognize the Court and did not call witnesses nor was he represented legally. Accused said: “I expected the verdict from such a packed tribunal of traitors, but it is unjust. I did not participate in the murder. Mr McEntree, the Minister of Finance, deliberately prejudiced my case when he declared on June 21 ‘regarding the murder of Egan you will get proof in a few days—it will be a sorry day for those responsible.’ That proves that the Fianna Fail sentenced me last month. The Government had to find a victim to save its face.’’ The evidence showed that fingerprints found on an abandoned motor car were Conway’s, whose finger-tips were recently partially destroyed.
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Southland Times, Issue 22949, 23 July 1936, Page 5
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