From the Dublin Police Court of 1905, this story reminiscent of Eliza Doolittle’s enforced bath in ‘My Fair Lady’ (link to scene here)

“THE ORDER OF THE BATH.
A row of ten smiling damsels filled the dock in the Dublin Police-court yesterday to answer charges of exposing fish for sale on the public footway.
The magistrate imposed a fine of 1s. each, with the alternative of being kept in the cells until four o’clock.
The girls accepted the alternative, and were congratulating themselves on their light punishment when the magistrate remarked that they were all to have a bath. The beaming smiles changed to looks of consternation, and with chastened mien they descended the stairs for their washing.”

Do bathing facilities in this courthouse still subsist downstairs? Was such an order even legal?

Story from the Star, 11 January 1905.