Prosecutor. Can you state, of your own knowledge, what rank the prisoner held in the Fenian Society?—Geary told him he would be a B, which was a captain.
Do you know if Geary and the prisoner are relations?—I could not say.
Were you acquainted with Bryan Dillon?—I was.
Had he any connection with the Fenian Society, and if so, what was his rank?—He was a centre or an A, which means colonel in the Fenian Society.
Have you seen him in the company of the prisoner?—I never did.
Do you know if Bryan Dillon was tried at the Commission for being a member of the Fenian Society?—Yes.
The prosecutor then handed in a certificate of the conviction of Bryan Dillon, at the special commission, held in Cork, when he was sentenced to ten years penal servitude.
Examination continued. Do you know a man named Thompson?—Yes.
What was his Christian name?—I can't say, but he lodged at Geary's.