Legal Disputes
-
A Morning at the Dublin Police Courts, 1871
The new Dublin Police Courts behind the Four Courts opened for business in October 1868. A report in the Freeman’s Journal of 28 August 1868 stated that they had been erected by Mr Michael Meade, from designs furnished by the… Continue reading
-
Raising the Wind by Raising Ghosts, 1841
From the Dublin Evening Mail, 6 September 1841: “BELFAST PETTY SESSIONS – WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1 RAISING THE WIND BY RAISING GHOSTS Our readers, we are sure, will not have forgotten an extraordinary case, tried at our Quarter Sessions Court, in… Continue reading
-
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
-
The Abduction of ‘Pretty Annie Cloury’, 1891
From the Freeman’s Journal, 14 February 1891: “Yesterday at half-past three, in the Courthouse, Green-Street, Henry C Harvey, described as a druggist, residing in Great Brunswick Street, was placed at the bar before Mr. Justice O’Brien, and indicted for having… Continue reading
-
Slander Action over Michael Collins’ Death Ends in Ha’penny Damages, 1958
On 22 August 1922, Michael Collins, Chairman of the Provisional Government of the Irish Free State, was shot dead in an ambush at Béal na Bláth, County Cork. The person who fired the shot that killed him has never been… Continue reading