Show LYNCH MUST DIE convicted in british court of high treason and sentenced to death colonel arthur lynch member of parliament for galway was on friday found guilty of high treason arid and sentenced to death the jury after having been out halt an hour returned a verdict of guilty when asked it he had anything to say as to why he should not be sentenced to deith dei th colonel lynch replied thank you I 1 u hlll ill say nothing the sentence of death was passed on each of the four counts in the tha indictment the prisoner then bowed to the court and was removed in custody the london newspapers take it for granted that the sentence passed upon colonel lynch will be commuted they urge that a punishment should be inflicted exemplary enough to act as a deterrent upon others but not sufficiently severe to make mae lynch a martyr |