Private Bailey at the Old Bailey; the Charge - High Treason.

Daniel Bailey, on the left, and Sir Roger Casement in the dock of Bow Street Police Court on 15 May 1916 before being committed for trial at the Old Bailey on charges of High Treason

Private Bailey was a prisoner of war, with the alias 'Sergeant Daniel Beverley', who had joined the German 'Irish Brigade', sailed from Germany aboard a U-Boat and assisted Sir Roger Casement to row ashore and land at Banna Strand, Tralee on 21 April 1916. Bailey and Casement were apprehended and subsequently appeared in London at the Old Bailey court on charges of high treason.

To discover more about the events both before and after this landing by 'Sergeant Daniel Beverley' please click on this story.