June 2020
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Tipstaff Bōjutsu, 1837
From the Freeman’s Journal, 25 September 1837: “Patrick Falkner, a tipstaff, was indicted for assaulting John Kelly, a car-driver. Mr Kelly deposed that he was waiting, with his car, in the yard of the Four Courts for the gentlemen to… Continue reading
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Lord Norbury’s Playground: Court 2, 1800-1827
From the Morning Post, 2 November 1827, this account of civil trials before Lord Norbury, Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas, published shortly after his resignation at the advanced age of 87: “The performances of Lord Norbury, in the… Continue reading
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Life-Threatening Law Library Lavatories, 1874
From the Freeman’s Journal, 18 June 1874: “The life of a barrister practising in the Four Courts is imperilled by two distinct sets of circumstances. In the first place there is in summer the all-pervading Liffey stench. In the second… Continue reading