Roger Casement Papers (2012 Release)

1882-1934.

Collection comprises mostly of correspondence from Roger Casement to his cousins Gertrude and Elizabeth Bannister, including a number of letters that he wrote from Pentonville in the weeks and days before his execution. Also included are an annotated hymn and prayer book given to him during his incarceration; a notice from the Court of Criminal Appeal advising of the dismissal of his appeal (on which Casement notes his observations); documents relating to the ‘degradation’ of his knighthood and other honours (with Casement’s notes on this); photographs; his cousin Gertrude Bannister’s admission card to the Court of Criminal Appeal to attend the trial; and a number of memorial cards and letters of condolence. It is worth noting that two of Casement's letters written on 30th July and 2nd of August 1916 were written on the blank side of correspondence received from friends. Casement was prohibited from having paper to write on after the verdict of guilty had been pronounced at the end of June 1916.

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Main Creator: Casement, Roger, 1864-1916
Contributors: Bannister, Gertrude, d. 1950
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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
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Notes:Physical description: 1 box ( 21 folders & 130 items).
Arrangement:Fonds
Provenance:This collection was purchased by the National Library of Ireland in 1952.
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Notice of Final Appeal in the case of Rex. v. Roger Casement, H.M. Prison, including letter from George Gavan Duffy to Sir Frederick Edwin Smith, Royal Courts of Justice, regarding the dismissal of the appeal,

1916 July 18.
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Bibliographic Details
In Collection: Roger Casement Papers (2012 Release) 1882-1934
Description:Note on verso of Notice of Final Appeal in Casement's hand about his trial being a farce: "The trial was a farce from start to finish & this "Judgement" of the Bench a judgement to order. I need only point out one reason Mr. Justice Darling gave for discussing the appeal - viz - that I owed allegiance wherever I went - that "he was the King's liege man wherever he went & could violate his allegiance ... abroad as much as at home" This is the doctrine of allegiance but I was tried not on doctrine but by the Statute".
Main Creator: Great Britain. Court of Criminal Appeal
Language:English
Extent:2 items.
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Format:Manuscript
Call Number: MS 49,154/13/2 (Manuscripts Reading Room)
Rights:Reproduction rights owned by National Library of Ireland.
Corporate Author:Great Britain. Court of Criminal Appeal