Famous trials of history ..
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- 1926
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- Garden City, N.Y., Garden City Pub. Co
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At head of title: The Rt. Honourable the Earl of Birkenhead ..
The trial of Mary, queen of Scots.--The trial of Thomas Wentworth (earl of Strafford).--The man who stole the king's crown.--The trial of Green and others for the murder of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey.--Lord Mohun.--The trial of Spencer Cowper.--The trial of Captain Kidd.--The wardens of the Fleet.--The trial of Eugene Aram.--The trial of Dr. Dodd.--The trial of Warren Hastings.--The trial of Deacon Brodie.--The trial of Lord Cochrane
319 p. 21 cm
The trial of Mary, queen of Scots.--The trial of Thomas Wentworth (earl of Strafford).--The man who stole the king's crown.--The trial of Green and others for the murder of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey.--Lord Mohun.--The trial of Spencer Cowper.--The trial of Captain Kidd.--The wardens of the Fleet.--The trial of Eugene Aram.--The trial of Dr. Dodd.--The trial of Warren Hastings.--The trial of Deacon Brodie.--The trial of Lord Cochrane
319 p. 21 cm
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March 8, 2023
Subject: More than meets the eye
" In his book, Famous Trials, he [FE Smith] deals with the Casement affair in a nonchalant manner, noting that after Casement’s secret landing in Ireland, one of his companions buried in the sand ‘some weapons, some maps of Ireland of foreign origin, and three coats, one of which contained Casement’s diary.’ While it is true that Casement had a handwritten memorandum with him when he landed, it was no more than a sheet of paper with a few notes and dates; the Attorney General, who was perfectly aware of the substance of the Black Diaries (which comprised several large ledgers), cannot have made the apparent confusion without some logical motive. " ~The Black Diaries, Peter Singleton Gates, (1959, 24)
https://archive.org/details/blackdiariesacco0000sing/page/24/mode/1up?view=theater&q=nonchalant
________________________________
Page 17 (P.S.-Gates writing in 1959)
"It is interesting to note how, nearly half a century after his death, the personality of Roger Casement still provokes violent reactions. One recent biographer treats him with a condescension which is harsh even by English standards;* another flies to the other extreme, and lashes out at anyone who would dare suggest that the infamous Black Diaries could actually have been written by Casement.**
In each case there is a reluctance to explore the whole man, a certain diffidence before the possibility of a disturbing revelation. Saint or pervert? Traitor or hero? Roger Casement may well have been all four at once, and he certainly cannot be judged in accordance with xixth century morals, as all his biographers have hitherto attempted to do." -Peter Singleton Gates (writing in 1959)
* MacColl
** Noyes
Page 30
"Whether the Black Diaries are entirely genuine or not is not the true problem; whether they have been tampered with is, in fact, a minor issue. What really deserves consideration is the use which has been made of the Diaries, not their nature.
The condemnation and ostracism suffered by Casement should now, in all justice, be turned against those who have actually invented the Black Diaries, and played with such skill on a self- conscious society, enervated by war and blinded by years of imperialist propaganda.
The same methods which the Conservatives had used to discredit and destroy Parnell not so many years earlier were once again put into play. An irrelevant moral issue, cleverly manipulated behind the scenes, was invoked to supplement the obvious weakness of the political charges made against Casement.
Casement had been found guilty of technical treason against a country which he no longer considered as his own; at least his action had caused no loss in human lives. On the contrary, it was already a well-established fact at the time of his trial that he had done his utmost to prevent bloodshed. Elementary justice demanded that his life should be spared: it was not spared, and he was finally sentenced to death, not by a court of justice, but by an intensely prejudiced public opinion."
Subject: More than meets the eye
" In his book, Famous Trials, he [FE Smith] deals with the Casement affair in a nonchalant manner, noting that after Casement’s secret landing in Ireland, one of his companions buried in the sand ‘some weapons, some maps of Ireland of foreign origin, and three coats, one of which contained Casement’s diary.’ While it is true that Casement had a handwritten memorandum with him when he landed, it was no more than a sheet of paper with a few notes and dates; the Attorney General, who was perfectly aware of the substance of the Black Diaries (which comprised several large ledgers), cannot have made the apparent confusion without some logical motive. " ~The Black Diaries, Peter Singleton Gates, (1959, 24)
https://archive.org/details/blackdiariesacco0000sing/page/24/mode/1up?view=theater&q=nonchalant
________________________________
Page 17 (P.S.-Gates writing in 1959)
"It is interesting to note how, nearly half a century after his death, the personality of Roger Casement still provokes violent reactions. One recent biographer treats him with a condescension which is harsh even by English standards;* another flies to the other extreme, and lashes out at anyone who would dare suggest that the infamous Black Diaries could actually have been written by Casement.**
In each case there is a reluctance to explore the whole man, a certain diffidence before the possibility of a disturbing revelation. Saint or pervert? Traitor or hero? Roger Casement may well have been all four at once, and he certainly cannot be judged in accordance with xixth century morals, as all his biographers have hitherto attempted to do." -Peter Singleton Gates (writing in 1959)
* MacColl
** Noyes
Page 30
"Whether the Black Diaries are entirely genuine or not is not the true problem; whether they have been tampered with is, in fact, a minor issue. What really deserves consideration is the use which has been made of the Diaries, not their nature.
The condemnation and ostracism suffered by Casement should now, in all justice, be turned against those who have actually invented the Black Diaries, and played with such skill on a self- conscious society, enervated by war and blinded by years of imperialist propaganda.
The same methods which the Conservatives had used to discredit and destroy Parnell not so many years earlier were once again put into play. An irrelevant moral issue, cleverly manipulated behind the scenes, was invoked to supplement the obvious weakness of the political charges made against Casement.
Casement had been found guilty of technical treason against a country which he no longer considered as his own; at least his action had caused no loss in human lives. On the contrary, it was already a well-established fact at the time of his trial that he had done his utmost to prevent bloodshed. Elementary justice demanded that his life should be spared: it was not spared, and he was finally sentenced to death, not by a court of justice, but by an intensely prejudiced public opinion."
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