Twenty Years' Recollections of an Irish Police Magistrate. Frank Thorpe Porter

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4064066232061

Table of Contents

       PREFACE.

       CHAPTER I. LONERGAN'S CASE—OLD PRISONS.

       OLD PRISONS.

       CHAPTER II. VESEY AND KEOGH.

       CHAPTER III. MARY TUDOR.

       CHAPTER IV. THE BIRTH OF A WORD—A LETTER OF INTRODUCTION—THE HONOR OF KNIGHTHOOD.

       CHAPTER V. A MILLIONAIRE.

       CHAPTER VI. THE SHIP STREET DIAMOND—SECOND-HAND PLATE—THE SILVER SLAB—LAW'S WINDOW—OLD NEWGATE.

       SECOND-HAND PLATE.

       THE SILVER SLAB.

       LAW'S WINDOW.

       OLD NEWGATE.

       CHAPTER VII. GONNE'S WATCH.

       CHAPTER VIII. THE MAJOR.

       CHAPTER IX. COMMITTALS—A BARBER WANTED—DWYER THE REBEL—AN EXTRAORDINARY INQUEST—SERGEANT GREENE'S HORSE—CHRISTY HUGHES—THE POLICE CLERKS—RECORDER WALKER—THE POLICE STATUTES—PREAMBLE—A BENEFIT SOCIETY CASE—POLICE RECRUITS—A BORN SOLDIER.

       CHAPTER X. MENDICANCY.

       CHAPTER XI. CARRIAGE COURT CASES—DUBLIN CARMEN.

       CHAPTER XII. A GRATUITOUS JAUNT—THE PORTUGUESE POSTILLION—MISCELLANEOUS SUMMONSES.

       A FEW HYPERBOLES.

       MISCELLANEOUS SUMMONSES.

       CHAPTER XIII. DOGS—WHIPPING YOUNG THIEVES—GARDEN ROBBERS—REFORMATORIES—APOLOGIES FOR VIOLENCE—TRESPASSERS ON A NUNNERY.

       WHIPPING YOUNG THIEVES.

       GARDEN ROBBERS.

       REFORMATORIES.

       APOLOGIES FOR VIOLENCE.

       TRESPASSERS ON A NUNNERY.

       CHAPTER XIV. TERRY DRISCOLL'S FICTION—BRIDGET LAFFAN—SAILORS—FISHER.

       BRIDGET LAFFAN.

       SAILORS.

       FISHER.

       CHAPTER XV. A DUPER DUPED.

       CHAPTER XVI. WHO THREW THE BOTTLE?—EXCISE AND CUSTOMS CASES.

       EXCISE AND CUSTOMS CASES.

       CHAPTER XVII. JOHN SARGEANT—THE MAGISTERIAL OFFICES—TWO MURDERS—ONE REPRIEVED—DELAHUNT'S CRIMES.

       THE MAGISTERIAL OFFICES.

       CHAPTER XVIII. MURDER OF MR. LITTLE—DETECTIVE INEFFICIENCY—INDIVIDUAL EFFICIENCY—A FALSE ACCUSATION EXPOSED—EXTRAORDINARY GRATITUDE—A SALUTARY REFORMATION—A CHARGE OF FELONY—POOR PUSS, WHO SHOT HER?—BAXTER AND BARNES.

       A FALSE ACCUSATION EXPOSED.

       EXTRAORDINARY GRATITUDE.

       A SALUTARY REFORMATION.

       A CHARGE OF FELONY.

       POOR PUSS! WHO SHOT HER?

       BAXTER AND BARNES.

       CHAPTER XIX. A RUN TO CONNAUGHT—A PRESENT—A PUZZLE—MOLL RAFFLE—A LUCKY ACCUSATION—CROWN WITNESSES—WHO BLEW UP KING WILLIAM?—SURGICAL ASSISTANCE—A REJECTED SUITOR—GEORGE ROBINS—THE GREEK COUNT: THE RATS—THE CHILD OF THE ALLEY—THE LUCKY SHOT.

       A PRESENT.

       MOLL RAFFLE.

       A LUCKY ACCUSATION.

       CROWN