Brief Inquiry Into Some of the Objections Urged Against the Election of Andrew J
Brief Inquiry Into Some of the Objections Urged Against the Election of Andrew J
George Flower
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Theobald Wolfe Tone, an Irishman by birth, who was sent to Dublin, tried by a Court Martial, and sentenced to death. The historian who records the event, adds — " It occurred to his (Gen. Wolfe Tone's) counsel, that the jurisdiction of martial law could not extend to him, as it only operated on land, and he had been taken at sea. An application was therefore made to tlie Com- mon Pleas, to have him brougfht up by Habeas Corpus, in order (the point bein* ascertained) to be regularly tried before... the competent tribunal, the Court of Admiralty. The Habeas Corpus being granted, was served on Gen. Craig, who then commanded in Dublin, but who refused to obey it, and was attached for his disobedience, an order being consequently made for the General and some of his stafif to be taken into custody by the offi- cers of the Court. " The Court having ordered Gen. Craig, and Major Landys, (provost martial) to be arrested for disobedience, both the gentlemen submitted, and the pursuivant was then directed to bring up the body of T.
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