Courts Staff
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‘A Character if Ever There Was One’: Law Library Crier John Campion, 1892-1949
To understand the significance of the above piece from the Dublin Evening Telegraph of 9 February 1915 , you would need to know that the Law Library of the time had a notice board on which the whereabouts of each… Continue reading
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Longstanding Dispute between Courtkeeper and Petty Sessions Clerk Culminates in Action for Assault and Battery, 1909
From the Cork Examiner, 18th January 1909: “CLARE ASSAULT ACTION AMUSING CASE At the Kilrush Quarter Sessions on Saturday last before Judge McDonnell Bodkin, an interesting suit was heard in which Miss Agnes Slattery, court keeper, brought an action against… Continue reading
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Dandies in the Four Courts, 1840
From the Limerick Chronicle, 11 March 1840: “The two greatest dandies in the Law Department, who attend daily at their office, Four Courts, are Mr B., bedizened with rings and pearls, and the late M.P. for Meath, whose good-humoured face… 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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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