NEWS BY THE MAIL.

Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1295, 9 July 1883, Page 2

NEWS BY THE MAIL.

On the 11th of last mouths, Jot Brady was put on trial for the niurde] of Mr Burke and Lord Frederic* Cavendish. He was defended bj counsel appointed by the Judge anc paid by the Crown. The principal witnesses for the . prosecution wen Carey, Faiell, and Kavanagh, whose evidence did not differ materially from that given by them at the magisterial injury. An attempt was made to prove an alibi. A girl named Mahei deposed that she was walking with Ih'Rtlv from C) o'clock to 8 o'clock on

I>.-: evening of the CJi <;f .layJast, ana a man named Kennedy swore Le saw Brady in inD-nmniek street at five minutes to 7 on the sr.ioe evening. Thir. man's et idmce woulo have been better i£ it hail noii been so -ood. After a consultation of 4(. minutes, tbp jury returned r veidict of guilty, and Brady >vas sentenced to be ex- 1 ecuten on the 14th i<..- 1. IXiuielCurley's ; trial occupied -th?ee days. He is a better type of man than Brady, and his manner was respectful. Carey ■was a^r. in the principal witness for the Cvown. In cross-e:ami:iation he admitted having br-en concerned in 2ii nUciopts io^ "remove "Mr Fwriiter. He eoulJ never be trapped into using the woi-d " murder " in connection with the pi'oceeding : of the Invincible s. Their meetings used to be held on Sundays after Chur.h. Peter Carey, also an approver, corroborated his brother's statements, ano a new witness (Agnes Jones) swore to having seen Uurley at the scene of the murder. On the other hand, the father-in-law of the, , prisoner was positive he had %to : tKnMng Cnrley^ at levetal public-houses on the fatal evening, but lie could not recall anything else that happned that day. He was contradicted l>y another witness for i the defence, who said he saw Curley at the door of Burke' ss house at a quarter to 7on the evening of the 6th. After a short deliberation, the jury- found the prisoner guilty. On being asked if he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him, he made a long rambling speech, in which he accused the Judge of unfairness and prejudice, and complained of the manner in which be had been identified. He acknowledged being a Fenian and an Invincible, and took groat credit for being a faithful and conscientious conspirator. "No finger of scorn," he said, ''shall 'be pointed to my character, moral or otherwise." He ended with two lines of patriotic poetry, which is a characteristic of Fenian oratory iv the dock.