Mr.O'Brien was taken at the Thurles railway station; Messrs.

Meagher and O'Donohoe, near Rathgannon, on the road between Clonoulty and Holycross, about five miles from Thurles, and Mr.
MacManus on board the ship _N.D.Chase_, in the bay of Cove, on the 7th of September.

They were each conveyed to Kilmainham Jail, in the first instance, where they remained until within a few days of the opening of the special commission at Clonmel.

This took place on Thursday, the 21st of Sept., when the bills were found, but six days were allowed to Mr.
O'Brien and the rest of the prisoners to peruse the indictment, with copies of which they were respectively furnished.

On Thursday, the 28th, the trial of Mr.O'Brien commenced; that of Mr.MacManus on the 9th of October; that of Mr.O'Donohoe on the 13th, and that of Mr.Meagher on the 16th.
Juries were empanelled in each case, from whose prejudice and bad faith verdicts for high treason were expected, even though the evidence only sustained a charge of common assault.