3-074-790 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Trial of Patrick O'Donnell at the Old Bailey for the murder of James Carey, 1883. '1. O'Donnell in the Prisoner's Dock. 2. Thomas Francis Carey, aged fifteen, James Carey's son. 3. Mrs. Margaret Carey, his wife. 4. Mr. Poland, Counsel for the Prosecution. 5. Mr. Justice Denman. 6. Mr. C. Russell, Q.C., and Mr. A. M. Sullivan, Counsel for Prisoner. 7. General Pryor, of the United States Bar. 8. James Parish, the first witness [a passenger who saw the act]. 9. Nahum Marks, an hotel-keeper at Cape Town. 10. Thomas Jones, boatswain [who likewise saw the act]. 11. R. T. Cubitt, a passenger. 12. Mr. Beecher, second officer of the Melrose. 13. Chief Inspector Cherry, of the Port Elizabeth Police...O'Donnell [a Fenian] discovered [that Carey was the Dublin informer who gave evidence against the murderers of Lord Frederick Cavendish and Mr. Burke], and..., without a word of anger between them, shot him, so that he died in a few minutes...The jury...returned a verdict of Guilty. The Judge then passed sentence of death. O'Donnell, after...affecting to smile, resisted the efforts of the warders to lead him away, tossed his head contemptuously...[and] shouted, "Three cheers for Ireland and the United States! To hell with the British and the Crown!".' From "Illustrated London News", 1883.