Criminal cases
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Tales from the Dublin Police Court: The Order of the Bath, 1905
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… Continue reading
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Tales from the Dublin Police Court: A Very Romantic Love Story, 1905
From the Freeman’s Journal, 17 October 1905 “TOLD IN THE POLICE COURT. Yesterday in the Northern Police Court, before Mr. Mahony, a man named Christopher FitzGibbon, residing in 134 Great Britain street, was charged with having assaulted John James at… Continue reading
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Famous Irish Trials: The Earl of Kingston’s Trial for Murder, 1798
From the Waterford Citizen, 7 September 1888, this gripping account of the circumstances surrounding an Irish Earl’s trial for murder before a jury of his peers in the Irish House of Lords – the last such trial that was ever… Continue reading
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Tales from the Dublin Magistrates Court: Female Resident of Chancery Place Prosecutes Over Opening of Letter Addressed to Her, 1837
A very human vignette from the Dublin Magistrates Court of 1837, as reported in the Dublin Morning Register of 13 September of that year: “A LOVE EPISTLE. — A young girl named Catherine Pierce stepped into the office and expressed… Continue reading
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Famous Irish Trials: The Italian Boy and the Delahunt Murder, 1841-2
In 1923 the Dublin Evening Telegraph ran an excellent ‘Famous Irish Trials’ series. No. 8 in the series, published on 14 April 1923, involved two apparently unconnected murders linked by the mysterious figure of teenager John Delahunt. Like many murky… Continue reading
