in
myself. I claim to have been arrested on the high seas, and
there was then no case against me, and the Crown had to wait
four months to pick up papers and get men from Stepaside, and
arrange plans between Mr. Price and his warders to fill up any
gap that might be wanted. I was arrested out of the _habeas
corpus_ jurisdiction, without authority, and detained four
months in gaol until the Crown could trump up a case against
me. Have I not a right to complain that I should be consigned
to a dungeon for life in consequence of a trumped-up case? I
am satisfied that your lordships have stated the case as it
stands, but I am not satisfied that I have been convicted
under any law. I have been four months in durance vile, and
vile durance it has been. The preachers tell us that hell is a
very bad place, and the devil a very bad boy, but he could not
hold a candle to old Price.

THE CHIEF BARON--You are trespassing very much upon a very
large indulgence. I must adopt a more decisive course if you
persevere.

HALPIN (laughing)--Well, my lord, I will say no more about the
old gorilla. The Crown officers have laid much stress upon
the fact that I have travelled under different names, and
therefore I was guilty of a great crime. I have precedent for
it when I read in the papers that some continental monarchs
travel under an assumed name, and I hear that the Prince of
Wales does so also when he thinks proper to go the London
brothels.

At this point the Court cut short his address, and Chief Baron Pigot
proceeded to pass sentence on the three prisoners.

* * * * *

THE SENTENCES.

After some share of preliminary remarks, the Chief Baron announced the
sentence of the court. It was for

John Warren, 15 years' penal servitude.

William Halpin, 15 years' penal servitude.

Augustine E. Costello, 12 years' penal servitude.

The prisoners heard the announcement without manifesting any emotion.
General Halpin remarked that he would take fifteen years more any day
for Ireland. Colonel Warren informed the Court that he did not think
a lease of the British Empire worth thirty-seven-and-a-half cents; and
then all three, followed by a _posse_ of warders, disappeared from the
dock.

And thus were three men of education and ability added to the hundreds
who are now rotting their lives