Legal Disputes
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Jephson v Brenon, 1909, Pt 4: The Outcome
From the Chiswick Times, 9 July 1909: “END OF THE IRISH SUIT THE ACTION AGAINST A CHISWICK GENTLEMAN JUDGE’S STRONG REMARKS The remarkable law suit against a Chiswick gentleman, which had been before the Courts in Dublin for many days,… Continue reading
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Jephson v Brenon, 1909, Pt 3: The Evidence of Edward St. John Brenon
From various Irish and English newspaper reports of 26-30 June 1909, including but not confined to the Daily Mirror, the Dublin Daily Express and the Northern Whig, Part 3 of the saga of Jephson v Brenon, edited and abridged (links… Continue reading
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The Strange, Sad Case of Jephson v Brenon, 1909 – Pt 2, The Cache of Letters
Described as ‘the strangest, saddest case’ ever to have been heard in the Four Courts, Dublin, the 1909 proceedings of Jephson v Brenon sought to set aside a deed executed many decades earlier by eccentric Irish expat John Boyce in… Continue reading
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Discovered in a Garret in Naples: The Case of Jephson v Brenon, 1909, Pt 1
From the Daily Mirror, 18 June 1909: “RESCUED FROM NAPLES GARRET FORTY YEARS EXILE The hearing of the strange case of Jephson v Brenon, described by counsel as one of the saddest tragedies ever told in a court of justice,… Continue reading
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The Divorce of a Deputy Crier, 1885-91
From the Freeman’s Journal, 10 November 1885: “PROBATE AND MATRIMONIAL DIVISION Before the Right Hon Judge Warren, and a Common Jury CARNEGIE V CARNEGIE – This was a suit by the wife for a divorce a mensa et thoro, on… Continue reading