Intriguing Cases
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Excitement at The Four Courts For the Bottle Riot Trial, 1823
From the Belfast News-Letter of 7 February 1823, an evocative description of scenes at the Four Courts on the first day of the trial of Henry Handwich, George Graham and others for conspiracy to assault the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland… Continue reading
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When a Defence Goes Awry: The Cork Slander Case of 1908-9
From the Free Press (Wexford) 25 July 1908: “FAMOUS COUNSEL ‘DISHED’ : MR JH CAMPBELL, KC AND THE COLONEL In the course of the hearing of a sensational slander action in Cork on Wednesday, in which the Hon. Alexis Roche,… Continue reading
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Enough Light to Pierce an Eye, 1888
A wonderful image of the Wellington Quay premises of Joseph Dollard, lithographer, letter press printer and account-book maker, from the late 19th century publication ”The Industries of Dublin’ which described it as “a noble building… constructed in 1888 for the… Continue reading
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Best Friend Breakup, 1929
From the Irish Independent, 20 July 1929, this tale of a best friendship gone to the bad. Although there is no specific genre of law devoted to this issue, one suspects that broken friendships have provoked as much litigation as… Continue reading
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Cashing in the Chips, 1923
From the Daily News (London), 10 July 1923, this story of a distinctly fishy series of events whereby an unnamed Irish solicitor’s advertisement for heirs to an estate came to the notice of the Scottish family concerned – a true… Continue reading
