Criminal cases

  • Two Nights with Rose Lovely, 1823

    From the Morning Chronicle, 10 October 1823, yet another lesson in the dangers lurking for the unwary on the journey home from the Four Courts: “THE LOVELY ROSE – A dashing Cyprian, whose charms were quite in accordance with her… Continue reading

  • Juror Arrested, Blames Seagull-Shooting Lodger, 1866

    From the Manchester Chronicle, 17 December 1866: “An extensive seizure of arms and ammunition was made in a house in Trinity Street, Dublin belonging to a tailor called Downey… at the top story of the house, the police found ten… Continue reading