reference to what has been done by any government. We have
nothing to do with the conduct of any government We are only
here to administer the law which we are sworn to administer.

THE PRISONER--I was simply going to state that while the vile
officials of your government--.

THE CHIEF BARON--We have nothing to do with the conduct of any
government. We are here to dispense justice according to
law, and whatever the officials of our government or of
the American government have done cannot have the slightest
influence upon our judgment. It can neither affect us
favourably or unfavourably to the prisoner or to the Crown. We
stand indifferently between both.

THE PRISONER--I beg simply to call your lordship's attention
to the correspondence--

THE CHIEF BARON--We cannot allow you to do so. We cannot allow
you to refer to the correspondence between the officials of
one government and the officials of another.

THE PRISONER--If America does not resent England's conduct
towards me, and protect that allegiance to her government
which I proudly own is the only allegiance I ever
acknowledged, I shall call on thirteen millions of Irishmen--

THE CHIEF BARON--I cannot allow you to use the position in
which you stand there as the arena for those observations.