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Frank Thorpe Porter. Twenty Years' Recollections of an Irish Police Magistrate
Twenty Years' Recollections of an Irish Police Magistrate
Table of Contents
PREFACE
CHAPTER I. LONERGAN'S CASE—OLD PRISONS
OLD PRISONS
CHAPTER II. VESEY AND KEOGH
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CHAPTER III. MARY TUDOR
FOOTNOTE:
CHAPTER IV. THE BIRTH OF A WORD—A LETTER OF INTRODUCTION—THE HONOR OF KNIGHTHOOD
FOOTNOTE:
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
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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
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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
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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 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
CHAPTER XX. O'CONNELL—SMITH O'BRIEN AND MEAGHER—JOHN MITCHELL—INFORMERS—THE CLOSE OF 1848—THE MILITARY—A FRENCH VIEW OF POPULAR COMMOTIONS
JOHN MITCHELL
INFORMERS
THE CLOSE OF 1848
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CHAPTER XXI. CHOLERA: AN IMPATIENT PATIENT; GOOD NEWS! ONLY TYPHUS FEVER—ROYAL VISITS—SCOTCH SUPERIORITY STRONGLY ASSERTED—A POLICE BILL STIGMATISED—LEAVE OF ABSENCE—THE RHINE—THE RHINELAND
ROYAL VISITS
SCOTCH SUPERIORITY STRONGLY ASSERTED
A POLICE BILL STIGMATISED
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
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CHAPTER XXII. BRUSSELS—ROYAL CHILDREN—THE GREAT EXHIBITION IN LONDON—HOME AGAIN: A PREACHER—UNLUCKY RIOTERS—VISIT TO PARIS—MICHEL PERRIN
ROYAL CHILDREN
THE GREAT EXHIBITION IN LONDON
HOME AGAIN: A PREACHER
UNLUCKY RIOTERS
VISIT TO PARIS
MICHEL PERRIN
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CHAPTER XXIII. THE COUNT OR CONVICT, WHICH?—THE FAWN'S ESCAPE
THE FAWN'S ESCAPE
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CHAPTER XXIV. THE COUNT DE COUCY—DUMAS—A THREATENED SUICIDE
DUMAS
A THREATENED SUICIDE
CHAPTER XXV. DARGAN'S EXHIBITION—A BELL AND KNOCKER—LORD GOUGH—FATHER PECHERINE'S CASE—ASSAULTS AND THEFTS—THE CITY MILITIA—A SCALD QUICKLY CURED—SAILORS LEAVING THEIR SHIP
A BELL AND KNOCKER
LORD GOUGH
FATHER PECHERINE'S CASE
ASSAULTS AND THEFTS
THE CITY MILITIA
A SCALD QUICKLY CURED
SAILORS LEAVING THEIR SHIP
CHAPTER XXVI. EFFECTS OF ENLISTMENT—MARTIAL TENDENCIES—THE SHE BARRACKS—THE DUBLIN GARRISON—AN ARTILLERY AMAZON—A COLONEL OF DRAGOONS—DONNYBROOK FAIR—THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC
MARTIAL TENDENCIES
THE SHE BARRACKS
THE DUBLIN GARRISON
AN ARTILLERY AMAZON
A COLONEL OF DRAGOONS
DONNYBROOK FAIR
THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC
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CHAPTER XXVII. THE COLLEGE ROW—THE COOK STREET PRINTER—A QUESTION AND ANSWER—A BARRISTER—AN ATTORNEY—GIBRALTAR
THE COOK STREET PRINTER
A QUESTION AND ANSWER
A BARRISTER
AN ATTORNEY
GIBRALTAR
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CHAPTER XXVIII. GIBRALTAR.—Continued
CHAPTER XXIX. GIBRALTAR (CONTINUED)—DEPARTURE FOR HOME—CHARITY, REAL CHARITY—A DEATH AND FUNERAL—THE BAY OF BISCAY AGAIN—AT HOME: LEISURE NO PLEASURE—A REVIEW
DEPARTURE FOR HOME
CHARITY; REAL CHARITY
A DEATH AND FUNERAL
THE BAY OF BISCAY AGAIN
AT HOME—LEISURE NO PLEASURE
A REVIEW
LINES IN AN ALBUM
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CHAPTER XXX. A DUBLIN DENTIST
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CHAPTER XXXI. A TRIP TO THE NORTH—METRICAL ATTEMPTS—CONTRASTS—PARIS: A FAIR—A REVIEW—NADAR'S BALLOON—SPORT, TURF, BOXING—LIQUOR VEHICLES—NO HODS—A HORSE, A DOG, RATS
METRICAL ATTEMPTS
A REVIEW
NADAR'S BALLOON
SPORT, TURF, BOXING
LIQUOR VEHICLES
NO HODS
A HORSE, A DOG, RATS
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CHAPTER XXXII. CONTRASTS—FRENCH KITCHENS—SHOPS AND SIGNS—THE SEINE—TREES AND FLOWERS—A PRETTY THIEF—FRENCH WIT—FRENCH SILVER—THE HOTEL DES INVALIDES
FRENCH KITCHENS
SHOPS AND SIGNS
THE SEINE
TREES AND FLOWERS
A PRETTY THIEF
FRENCH WIT
FRENCH SILVER
THE HOTEL DES INVALIDES
CHAPTER XXXIII. GAIN PREFERRED TO GLORY—CURIOUS INSCRIPTION—FORMER GAMBLING—AN ASSAULT—FRENCH CHARITY—A LETTER TO HEAVEN—FATHER PROUT
CURIOUS INSCRIPTION
FORMER GAMBLING
AN ASSAULT
FRENCH CHARITY
A LETTER TO HEAVEN
CHAPTER XXXIV. FATHER PROUT
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CHAPTER XXXV. A FRENCH LAND MURDER—IRISHMEN, FRENCH ECCLESIASTICS—ALGERIAN PRODUCTIONS—BIRD CHARMING—BRITTANY—CHATEAUBRIAND
IRISHMEN—FRENCH ECCLESIASTICS
ALGERIAN PRODUCTIONS
BIRD CHARMING
BRITTANY
CHATEAUBRIAND
CHAPTER XXXVI. THE ARRAN ISLANDS—CIRCUIT REMINISCENCES
CIRCUIT REMINISCENCES
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