The Trial of Luke Dillon for the Rape and Seduction of Anne Frizell, 1831

Ruth Cannon Bl barrister Luke Dillon image
Image of Luke Dillon at the time of the trial, via National Library of Ireland.

From the Chester Courant, 26 April 1831

“TRIAL OF LUKE DILLON, FOR RAPE AND SEDUCTION

(Abridged from the Dublin Papers)

At five minutes to ten o’clock, the prisoner, Dillon, was removed from Newgate into the dock, when, without stopping for a moment, he at once advanced to the bar with an air, if not of callous, certainly of unblushing confidence.  His hair was dressed in the most fashionable style – the ringlets adjusted with the most studied attention to effect, and his toilette read more