November 2020
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If Cats Could Talk: The Fatal Fall of a Donegal Solicitor, 1916
From the Evening Herald, 7 September 1916: “Solicitor’s Claim for Alleged Slander etc Today, before Mr Justice Gordon, sitting as Vacation Judge, the case of John Mackey v the Four Courts Hotel Co Ltd, and Henry G Kilbey, managing director,… Continue reading
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Manager of Four Courts Coffee Room Prosecuted for Adulterating Spirits, 1921
From the Dublin Evening Telegraph, 7 April 1921: “Today in the Northern Police Court, before Mr Lupton KC, Mr John Barror, Coffee Room Bar, Four Courts, was summoned, at the suit of Mr Tannam, Inspector of Food, for having, on… Continue reading
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Law Library ‘Boy’ Sues for Damaged Bicycle, 1910
From the Irish Independent, 28 July 1910: “In the action brought by Patrick Geraghty to recover £10 damages from John S Russell for injuries to his bicycle caused, as alleged, by the defendant’s motor car, the Recorder, at the City… Continue reading
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Schoolgirls Ordered Out of Court, 1915
From the Belfast Newsletter, January 18, 1915: “An extraordinary incident occurred at the Four Courts yesterday. Shortly before eleven o’clock one of the courts, in which a divorce action had been listed for hearing before Mr Justice Molony, was invaded… Continue reading