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2 unusual facts about William Orr


William Orr

Even the presiding judge, Yelverton, was said to have shed tears at the passing of the death sentence, although Orr's friend, the poet and United Irishman William Drennan expressed his disgust at this display with the words “I hate those Yelvertonian tears”.

William Orr was represented by John Philpot Curran, and the trial led to a speech, which, according T. A. Jackson, "is among the most remarkable of his many remarkable speeches."



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