From Saunders’s News-Letter, 27 November 1821: “COURT OF COMMON PLEAS On Saturday a conditional order was obtained by Counsellor Blackburne, the plaintiff, against Mr Hines, an attorney, for sending a Gentleman to him in the Hall of the Four Courts,… Continue reading

Irish barristers often have many unexpected talents – and Leonard McNally BL was no exception. Not only did ‘McNally the Incorruptible’ purport to act as defence counsel for Irish barrister revolutionaries Robert Emmet (above) and the Sheares Brothers while simultaneously… Continue reading

From the Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 17 March 1927: “A remarkable story of the perpetration of frauds on many prominent people both in this country and in Ireland was told at Highgate yesterday, when John LM Reddington, alias Edward… Continue reading