E.D. Morel imprisoned
Published in Issue 4 (July/August 2014), Volume 22
Cover of a transcript of the 1917 Morel trial published by the Union of Democratic Control.
‘The conscientious objector does not believe that violence can cure violence, or that militarism can exorcise the spirit of militarism. He persists in feeling “solidarity” with those who are called “enemies”.’
The judiciary, in particular, became very skilled at ruling against such trouble-makers. Archibald Bodkin, who was part of the prosecution team at the trial of Roger Casement, led the case against E.D. Morel. He is more generally remembered in Ireland as the judge who banned James Joyce’s Ulysses.
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