Legal Disputes
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Barbarous Spouse Murder in Smithfield, Dublin, 1710
From the Dublin Intelligence, 28 March 1710: “Francis Eustace, Junior, formerly of Castlemore in the County of Catherlough, now of the City of Dublin, aged 25 or 26 years, a middle size slender Man, an oval face, a ruddy Complexion,… Continue reading
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Tales from the Dublin Police Court: The Journalist Who Spent the Night in Nelson’s Pillar, 1888
From the Echo (London), 27 January 1888, this tale of John McCarthy, journalist, who escaped conviction in the Dublin Police Court after concealing himself for the night in the monument known as ‘Nelson’s Pillar,’ Sackville Street, Dublin. Ireland. Mr McCarthy’s… Continue reading
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The Somervilles of Ross: A Question of Legitimacy, 1905
From the Drogheda Conservative, 17 June 1905: “MEATH MARRIAGE MYSTERY CAVALRY OFFICER’S ROMANCE In the Land Judge’s Court on Thursday, before Mr. Justice Ross, the matter of the estate of James Somerville was again listed for the receiving of further… Continue reading
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Tales from the Dublin Police Court: Lady of the House Prosecuted for Striking Postman with Blunt Implement, 1886
One of the many classic stories from the Dublin Police Court behind the Four Courts, Dublin, Ireland, as reported in the Aberdeen Express, 17 February 1886. Liverpool Road was the original name of what is now Portobello Road, Dublin. It… Continue reading
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A Ballad Singer’s Christmas Release, 1857
From the Dublin Weekly Nation, Saturday 19th December 1857, this report of a ballad singer incarcerated over Christmas for singing a rebel song, before being released on Christmas Eve thanks to the kindness of Irishmen living abroad: “WEXFORD PETTY SESSIONS… Continue reading
