 We have shown in the course of the report that Mr Davitt was a member of the Fenian organisation, and convicted as such, and that he received money from a fund which had been contributed for the purpose of outrage and crime, viz, the Skirmishing Fund....  The Life of Charles Stewart Parnell, 1846-1891 - Page 333by Richard Barry O'Brien - 1898 - 4 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Godfrey Locker Lampson - Ireland - 1907 - 716 pages
...'father' is Michael Davitt, a convicted Fenian." "That Mr. Parnell's 'constitutional organization ' was planned by Fenian brains, founded on a Fenian...report that Mr. Davitt was a member of the Fenian organization and convicted as such, and that he received money from a fund which had been contributed... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1890 - 736 pages
...unquestionably, as he was charged with being, a member of the Fenian organisation, and convicted as such, and he received money from a fund which had been contributed...the promotion of the agitation which led up to it. This money, a sum of 4082., Mr. Davitt afterwards returned out of his own resources. The second special... | |
 | Nineteenth century - 1890 - 1188 pages
...the Land League with money which had been contributed for the purpose of outrage and crime. Verdict. We have shown in the course of the Report that Mr....contributed for the purpose of outrage and crime, namely, the Skirmishing Fund. It was not, however, for the formation of the Land League itself, but... | |
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