On Tuesday, attention was called by the Attorney-General to a
very gross passage in the Kerry Sentinel of November 14th, on the proceedings of the Judges. That paper declared : —" The Judges are showing the measles now, though at the beginning of the inquiry they seemed spotless." The Com- mission is the creature of the Government and Times' con- spirators," and much more in the same tone. Mr. T. Harrington at once repudiated all responsibility for the Kerry Sentinel ; but Mr. Reid, who appeared for Mr. Edward Harrington, asked for time to consider the charge of contempt of Court, as the article had not previously been seen by him. This Sir James Hannen at once granted ; but at the opening of the Court on Wednesday, Mr. Reid explained that Mr. Edward Harrington having declined to be guided by his advice, he must with- draw from the management of his case ; and Mr. Edward Harrington himself refusing to apologise, and accepting full responsibility for the article, the Court withdrew to consider their course, but soon returned to state that Mr. Edward Harrington was fined £500 for contempt of Court.
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