Twenty Years' Recollections

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Author

Porter, Frank Thorpe, 1801-1882

Title

Twenty Years' Recollections of an Irish Police Magistrate

Credits

Produced by Sonya Schermann, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

HV: Social sciences: Social pathology, Social and Public Welfare

Subject

Criminals -- Ireland

Category

Text

eBook-No.

55668

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55668

Release Date

October 2, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.TWENTY YEARS' RECOLLECTIONS OF AN IRISH POLICE MAGISTRATE.
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.CHAPTER I. LONERGAN'S CASE—OLD PRISONS. — OLD PRISONS.
5. 5.CHAPTER II. VESEY AND KEOGH. — FOOTNOTE:
6. 6.CHAPTER III. MARY TUDOR. — FOOTNOTE:
7. 7.CHAPTER IV. THE BIRTH OF A WORD—A LETTER OF INTRODUCTION—THE HONOR OF KNIGHTHOOD. — FOOTNOTE:
8. 8.CHAPTER V. A MILLIONAIRE.
9. 9.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.
10. 10.CHAPTER VII. GONNE'S WATCH. — FOOTNOTE:
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII. THE MAJOR.
12. 12.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.
13. 13.CHAPTER X. MENDICANCY.
14. 14.CHAPTER XI. CARRIAGE COURT CASES—DUBLIN CARMEN.
15. 15.CHAPTER XII. A GRATUITOUS JAUNT—THE PORTUGUESE POSTILLION—MISCELLANEOUS SUMMONSES. — A FEW HYPERBOLES. — MISCELLANEOUS SUMMONSES.
16. 16.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.
17. 17.CHAPTER XIV. TERRY DRISCOLL'S FICTION—BRIDGET LAFFAN—SAILORS—FISHER. — BRIDGET LAFFAN. — SAILORS. — FISHER.
18. 18.CHAPTER XV. A DUPER DUPED. — FOOTNOTE:
19. 19.CHAPTER XVI. WHO THREW THE BOTTLE?—EXCISE AND CUSTOMS CASES. — EXCISE AND CUSTOMS CASES.
20. 20.CHAPTER XVII. JOHN SARGEANT—THE MAGISTERIAL OFFICES—TWO MURDERS—ONE REPRIEVED—DELAHUNT'S CRIMES. — THE MAGISTERIAL OFFICES.
21. 21.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. — FOOTNOTES:
22. 22.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.
23. 23.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. — FOOTNOTE:
24. 24.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. — FOOTNOTES:
25. 25.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. — FOOTNOTES:
26. 26.CHAPTER XXIII. THE COUNT OR CONVICT, WHICH?—THE FAWN'S ESCAPE. — THE FAWN'S ESCAPE. — FOOTNOTES:
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIV. THE COUNT DE COUCY—DUMAS—A THREATENED SUICIDE. — DUMAS. — A THREATENED SUICIDE.
28. 28.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.
29. 29.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. — FOOTNOTE:
30. 30.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. — FOOTNOTE:
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVIII. GIBRALTAR.— Continued.
32. 32.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. — FOOTNOTE:
33. 33.CHAPTER XXX. A DUBLIN DENTIST. — FOOTNOTES:
34. 34.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. — FOOTNOTE:
35. 35.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.
36. 36.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.
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIV. FATHER PROUT. — FOOTNOTES:
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXV. A FRENCH LAND MURDER—IRISHMEN, FRENCH ECCLESIASTICS—ALGERIAN PRODUCTIONS—BIRD CHARMING—BRITTANY—CHATEAUBRIAND. — IRISHMEN—FRENCH ECCLESIASTICS. — ALGERIAN PRODUCTIONS. — BIRD CHARMING. — BRITTANY. — CHATEAUBRIAND.
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXVI. THE ARRAN ISLANDS—CIRCUIT REMINISCENCES. — CIRCUIT REMINISCENCES.
40. 40.NOW READY. SECOND EDITION.

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