19 DECEMBER 1863, Page 1
The Crawley trial draws near its end. The case for
the prose- cution has closed, and the accused on Thursday read his defence, an eloquent but terribly over-bitter affair. His true reply is contained in the evidence for the prosecution, and his only new argument—the existence of a spirit among the Inniskillings which might have burst out into open mutiny, can, as stated, only serve to prejudice the Court. Mutiny in a regiment is in itself the con- demnation of its commanding officer.
