Sexual offences
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Celebrity Lion Hunter Arrested for Indecent Exposure on Sandymount Strand, 1858
From the Freeman’s Journal, 27 February 1858: “Mr Gordon Cumming, the celebrated lion hunter, was brought before the magistrate at College-street police office on Tuesday last, charged by a young and interesting looking female, named Margaret Jevans, and a number… Continue reading
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The Trial of Luke Dillon for the Rape and Seduction of Anne Frizell, 1831
From the Chester Courant, 26 April 1831 “TRIAL OF LUKE DILLON, FOR RAPE AND SEDUCTION (Abridged from the Dublin Papers) At five minutes to ten o’clock, the prisoner, Dillon, was removed from Newgate into the dock, when, without stopping for… Continue reading