Arrest and Trial
On 16 September 1865 O'Leary was arrested, and tried on charges of high treason, reduced to 'treason felony'. He was sentenced to twenty years' penal servitude, of which five years were spent in English prisons prior to his release and exile in January 1871. During his exile he lived mainly in Paris, also visiting the USA, and remained active in the IRB and its associated organizations and wrote many letters to newspapers and journals.
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