Piute Chieftain | 1916-07-06 | Page 2 | Casement Doomed to Die

CASEMENT DOOMED TO DI DIE F jury decides that sir roger was guilty of Trea treason r london clr ager casement was found guilty of treason by a jury and on thursday was sentenced to death an appeal will toe bi taken sir roger addressed the court reading his final statement with the explanation that ne wished it might reach a much larger audience than the one before him and particularly the people of america from whom had come many messages of sympathy to him and whose own struggle tor for liberty he said always had bad been an inspiration to irishmen after sir roger had been sentenced daniel J bailey the private soldier who had been held as his bis accomplice was placed in the dock the chief justice directed the jury to return a verdict of not guilty