Solicitors
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Lady Law Clerks Strike Out, 1920
From the Irish Examiner, 3 June, 1920 “The Law Clerks, who are on strike, and a number of their colleagues, who joined with them in sympathy, made a remarkable demonstration at the Four Courts today, on the occasion of the… Continue reading
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Law Student Shoots Solicitor, Barrister Touts for Defence Brief, 1926
From the Londonderry Sentinel, 3 June 1926: “A shocking crime was committed in Dublin on Tuesday night as a result of which Daniel Joseph Gleeson, a law student, giving an address in Clonliffe Road, has been arrested on a charge… Continue reading
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Solicitor Restrained from Breaking Through Judicial Procession Sues for Assault, 1898
From the Weekly Nation, 30 April 1898: “Constable 141A was summoned [for assault] by Mr Alfred MacDermott, solicitor. Mr McDermott said he was crossing under the covered passage at the coffee room door of the Four Courts [when he got]… Continue reading
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Solicitor Caned in Four Courts Yard Over Missed Deed, 1846
From the Dublin Evening Post, 26 November 1846: “Mr Richard Hackett, solicitor, summoned Mr Michael Hackett, also solicitor, for assault. The complainant gave evidence that he was in the yard of the Four Courts [when] the defendant, in passing by,… Continue reading
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Acid Attack on Solicitor Charged with Indecent Assault, 1884
From the Belfast News-Letter, 14 March 1884: “Miss Lillie Tyndall, a young lady of prepossessing appearance, the daughter of a well-to-do farmer outside Arklow [was] charged with having thrown a bottle of… vitriol into the face of [Mr John Kelly… Continue reading