It
is a misfortune there was life taken, but if it was taken it
was not done intentionally, and the man who has taken life
we have not got him. I was at the scene of action, when there
were over, I dare say, 150 people standing by there when I
was. I am very sorry I have to say, my lord, but I thought I
had some respectable people to come up as witnesses against
me; but I am sorry to say as my friend said. I will make no
more remarks concerning that. All I have to say, my lords and
gentlemen, is that so far as my trial went and the way it was
conducted, I believe I have got a fair trial. So far as my
noble counsel went, they done their utmost in the protection
of my life; likewise, my worthy solicitor, Mr. Roberts, has
done his best; but I believe as the old saying is a true one,
what is decreed a man in the page of life he has to fulfil,
either on the gallows, drowning, a fair death in bed, or
on the battlefield. So I look to the mercy of God. May God
forgive all who have sworn my life away. As I am a dying man,
I forgive them from the bottom of my heart. God forgive them."
As Larkin ceased speaking, O'Brien, who stood to the right of him,
moved slightly in advance, and intimated by a slight inclination to
the Court his intention of addressing them.
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