THE O'DONNELL CASE.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3844, 12 November 1883, Page 4

THE O'DONNELL CASE.

O'Donncll, tho slayer of Care} l , after a long - examination before Air Flowers, at the BoAV-strcet Police Court, London, was committed for trial at the next session of tho Central Criminal Court. O'Donncll being an American citizen it Avas thought that in the exercise of legal courtesy tho Judges Avould allow the two American lawyers, Judge Fullertou and General Roger A. I'ryor, to assist Air Sullivan in the* 3 defence. 'They are-at any rate both retained for that purpose in case the rules of practice in the English Court will allow them to act. O'Donncll's friends charge the officials at tho American embassy in London with obstructing Air Charles Guy, the prisoner's solicitor. The latter has been refused access to O'Donncll. Tho Irish Nation also comes to the front, and accuses tho British Government and the American Legation of foul play towards O'Donncll in the hope that he may implicate tho friends of Parnell in a conspiracy to murder Carey. It is said that until the proceedings 02>oned on September 25th O'Donncll was without advice, but as a considerable amount of money has been raised for a defence fund there is now some competition among legal crentlemen as to avlio shall have the ease. ' Messrs AY. J. Haines and W. AY. O'Brien have been selected by the Irish citizens of Chicago to co-operate in the prisoner's defence, and depositions relating to his inability aud even insanity Avcro sworn to lief ore* the British consul in New York and forwarded to London. Air Guy, O'DonneH's solicitor, has telegraphed to the solicitor who defended the prisoner at Port Elizabeth to bring to England all Avitnessos who Avcro likely to prove useful. The Recorder of London, in charging- the Grand Jury on October loth, said that tho prosecution claimed that the prisoner committed a deliberate murder of the worst kind, because his victim was a man who had aided the law and who was under the protection of the Crown and was killed out of revenge. A true bill for murder Avas found against the prisoner on the 17th of October. He pleaded not guilty. On the motion of O'Donncll's counsel, Air A. AL Sullivan, the trial was postponed till November_ 21st to RAvait the arrival of an important witness from the Cape. The prisoner was caivlc-s and indifferent in his manner. Air Roger A. Prior, his American counsel, was in Court seated behind the junior counsel's seat, and attracted much attention.