HALPIN--Well, then, if I am not permitted to say that,--
CHIEF BARON--You are not permitted to make any observation
upon what any government of any country may do.
HALPIN--I think the reference has not anything to do with any
government or any country. It refers to a fact that will
come to pass, and when I shall hear the death-knell of this
infamous government.
The CHIEF BARON--I will not allow you to proceed.
HALPIN--Well, I cannot be prevented thinking it. Now, I will
refer to a subject which I may be allowed to speak upon. You
will recollect that I had addressed a letter to Mr. Price,
asking him to furnish me, at my own expense, with two of the
morning papers--the _Irish Times_ and _Freeman's Journal_. I
believe they are both loyal papers; at least they claim to be
loyal, and I have no doubt they are of the admitted character
of loyalty registered in the principles of Dublin Castle. The
reason why I wanted these papers was, that I believed that
the best reports of the trials since the opening of the
Commission, would be found in them. I said to Mr. Price that
it was important that I should see all the evidence given by
the informers who were to be produced against me, to enable me
to make up my defence.
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