Criminal cases
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Elder Abuse in the Dublin Police Court, 1885
A case of elder abuse in the Dublin Police Court reported in the Dundee Courier of 27 January 1885. Police court reports are a great insight into Ireland of the time, and the Dublin Police Court, a Dickensian building behind… Continue reading
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Disagreement at Inquest as Sandymount Schoolboy Dies following Caning, 1885
From the Freeman’s Journal, 26 October 1885 “DEATH OF A SCHOOLBOY WHILE BEING CANED PROCEEDINGS IN THE POLICE COURT On Saturday morning in Northern Division of Police Court before Mr Charles J O’Donel, John McNamee, schoolmaster of the Star of… Continue reading
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Magistrate Orders Clerk out of Court for ‘Impertinence,’ 1909
From the Dublin Daily Express, 22 September 1909: “MR WALL AND HIS CLERK EXTRAORDINARY SCENE IN POLICE COURT An extraordinary scene occurred yesterday in the Northern Police Court, where Mr Wall, K.C., was the presiding magistrate. The atmosphere of this… Continue reading
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Polish Refugees in the Dublin Police Court, 1869
From the Tipperary Free Press, 29 January 1869: “ROMANCE OF A DUBLIN POLICE COURT Persons whose pursuits might have led them, for the past few weeks, to the neighbourhood of the North-wall have had their attention drawn to two men… Continue reading
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The Trials of Miss Tucker, or, ‘Tis Pity She’s a Yore, 1839
From Saunders’s News-Letter, 7 February 1839 (abridged) “COURT OF QUEEN’S BENCH – YESTERDAY ABDUCTION – EXTRAORDINARY CASE The Queen, at the prosecution of Mabel Tucker, v Peter Yore, Thomas Flood, Michael Bradley, Mary Meehan and Anne Cooney This case, which… Continue reading