while hart spent some time in a criminal lunatic asylum, other auxiliaries got away with murder. on 9 february 1921, james murphy and patrick kennedy were arrested by auxiliaries in dublin. two hours later, constables of the dublin metropolitan police found the two men lying shot in drumcondra: kennedy was dead, and murphy was dying. murphy died in the mater hospital, dublin on 11 february, but before the end, he declared that he and kennedy had been shot by their auxiliary captors. a military court of inquiry was held, and captain w l king, commanding officer of f company adric, was arrested for the killings. king was court-martialled on 13–15 february, but acquitted, after murphy's dying declaration was ruled inadmissible, and two officers from f company provided perjured alibis for captain king at the time of the shootings. just short of two weeks later at the clonmult ambush in county cork, an auxiliary company were accused of killing seven ira men after they had surrendered.