May 2020
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Juror Arrested, Blames Seagull-Shooting Lodger, 1866
From the Manchester Chronicle, 17 December 1866: “An extensive seizure of arms and ammunition was made in a house in Trinity Street, Dublin belonging to a tailor called Downey… at the top story of the house, the police found ten… Continue reading
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Lord Chief Justice Declared Too Good to Live, 1822
From Saunders’s Newsletter, 26 April 1822: “A singular character appeared about noon yesterday, in the yard of the Four-Courts, seated upon a jaunting-car, and holding in each hand a curious small gun loaded with ball; he was habited in a… Continue reading
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Round Hall Ablutions Averted, 1808
From Saunders’s Newsletter, 22 October 1808: “The alterations now making in the New Courts upon the Inns Quay, consist of raising the floor of the great hall up to the level of the platform at the great entrance, which has… Continue reading