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CSO/RP/SC/1825/381 |
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Letter from Major Thomas Powell, inspector general of the Leinster constabulary, concerning the apprehension of thief John Kelly by the constabulary of County Kilkenny |
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Letter from Major Thomas Powell, inspector general of the Leinster constabulary, Corkagh, Rathcoole, County Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, concerning the apprehension of the thief John Kelly by the police of County Kilkenny. He asks if a reward should be made to the person who supplied the information that led to the arrest of Kelly. Encloses a letter from Robert Barry, chief constable of police, Johnstown, County Kilkenny, reporting on the capture of the ‘Noted Robber’ John Kelly, who was armed with a gun. On a separate note, he expresses an inclination to have permission to make an alteration to an overcoat worn by one of the men and raises the question of compensation for the informants, whose information was central to the discovery of Kelly. Adds in postscript he has information on the whereabouts of a robber who was active in County Kilkenny, but now is concealed in the Queen’s County [County Laois; Leix]. |
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2 items; 6pp |
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10 Jun 1825-18 Jun 1825 |
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1825 |
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1825 |
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1825/bundleP |
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CSO/RP/SC/1825/382 |
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Letter from William Ponsonby, County Kerry, offering some suggestions for the new grand jury presentment bill |
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Letter from William Ponsonby, [magistrate], Crotta, Listowel, County Kerry, to the Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, offering some suggestions for inclusion in a new bill due before Parliament by which grand jury presentment laws in Ireland will be amended [the ‘Prison’ bill]. He emphasises the importance of establishing a more practical arrangement for access to and storage of civil records, and calls for the introduction of a more effective mode of control over expenditure of public money by grand juries. As an example of mismanagement, he points to a recent incident over the rebuilding of a bridge in County Kerry, which had a very unsatisfactory conclusion. |
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1 item; 4pp |
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21 Mar 1825 |
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1825 |
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1825/bundleP |
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CSO/RP/SC/1825/383 |
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Letter from Major Thomas Powell, inspector general of the Leinster constabulary, concerning legal action following an affray in the town of Summerhill, County Meath |
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Letter from Major Thomas Powell, inspector general of the Leinster constabulary, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, enclosing a report from William Wilkins [legal agent to the police], Trim, County Meath, on the proceedings of a court case which centres on an a number of alleged offences committed during an outbreak of disorder in the town of Summerhill, County Meath. Indicates that prosecutions were taken against some individual policemen and counter action against a number of persons for riot, assault and theft of police arms. He provides a minute account of the case and records the proclamations of John Toler, Lord Norbury, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in Ireland. In a separate case, he comments upon an action by Constable Armstrong, who fired his weapon during an attack upon him by Patrick Smith at Allenstown. |
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2 items; 5pp |
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9 Mar 1825-15 Mar 1825 |
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1825 |
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1825 |
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1825/bundleP |
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CSO/RP/SC/1825/384 |
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Letter from Robert Page, collector of excise, Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, concerning information on a concealed cache of arms |
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Letter from Robert Page, [collector of excise, Dundalk, County Louth], Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, reporting he has contact with a woman who claims to know the location of ‘seventy stand of arms’. Stresses his confidence in her integrity as a longstanding source of useful information but indicates she requires a suitable reward before she divulges further details of the cache. Also additional letter from Page, Dundalk, to Gregory, acknowledging letter in reply to his but stating that no person as yet has called on him in connection with the matter raised. |
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2 items; 6pp |
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11 Mar 1825-7 Apr 1825 |
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1825 |
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1825 |
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1825/bundleP |
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CSO/RP/SC/1825/385 |
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Letter from Major Thomas Powell, inspector general of the Leinster constabulary, concerning the transfer of chief constable Crawford to County Westmeath and Carey to County Carlow |
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Letter from Major Thomas Powell, inspector general of the Leinster constabulary, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, conveying that a single opening for a chief constable of police has now presented itself in the province of Leinster. In consideration of a recommendation made by Viscount Forbes [magistrate and MP for County Longford] for the transfer of a Mr Crawford [chief constable of police] from the province of Ulster, he proposes to government that Crawford be sent to County Westmeath and Mr Carey be posted to County Carlow. |
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1 item; 3pp |
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2 Mar 1825 |
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1825 |
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1825 |
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1825/bundleP |
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CSO/RP/SC/1825/386 |
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Letter from Major Thomas Powell, inspector general of the Leinster constabulary, concerning a complaint from Bridget Burns of County Longford over detention on a charge of handling counterfeit money |
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Letter from Major Thomas Powell, inspector general of the Leinster constabulary, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, enclosing a report from Nathaniel Fallon, chief constable of police, Artillery Barracks, Longford, County Longford, concerning the arrest and detention of Bridget Burns on a charge of handling counterfeit money. He indicates Burns was brought to him at the fair of Edgeworthstown on 14th of February ‘on suspicion of having base money’ in her possession; he gave orders to the constables, he states, to place her in the guard room, where she remained until information was received as to her identity, 26 February 1825. Also encloses letter from John Kinsly [Kinsley], Longford, indicating he affirmed that Burns is a woman of ‘correct character’ before Fallon; in her treatment while detained, he observes, she was not subjected to any ‘unnecessary harshness’, 28 February 1825. Also encloses petition of Burns, Longford, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, complaining of ‘improper conduct’ by Fallon and calling for a measure of recompense. Protests she was made prisoner at the fair by two constables ‘for no cause or reason’ and subsequently detained on the orders of the chief constable. She points out both herself and her husband, Patrick Burns [a pig dealer], are longstanding members of the community and regrets a complaint made to Captain Walker and Reverend George Crawford, magistrates of Newtownforbes, brought no redress, 18 February 1825. |
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4 items; 11pp |
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18 Feb 1825-2 Mar 1825 |
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1825 |
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1825 |
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1825/bundleP |
NAI REFERENCE: |
CSO/RP/SC/1825/387 |
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Letter from Archdeacon Pakenham, Prince of Wales Hotel, Sackville Street, Dublin, offering information on some crimes around Ardbraccan in County Meath |
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Letter from Archdeacon Pakenham, Prince of Wales Hotel, Sackville [O'Connell] Street, Dublin, to Lieutenant Colonel Meyrick Shawe, private secretary to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, reiterating his thanks to the Lord Lieutenant for his offer of appointment to the [Church of Ireland] denary of Emly [County Tipperary] at a levee yesterday. On the occasion in question, he remarks, he declined on grounds that ‘former favours made it unnecessary’. As to the state of the country in his own neighbourhood of Ardbraccan in County Meath, he observes, some thefts of arms and other outrages have occurred; such, he remarks, appear chiefly ‘to have been done with a view to plunder, not to politics’. He reports a gun was taken from a property [probably a gatehouse] belonging to the Bishop of Meath [Nathaniel Alexander] likely by a band of criminals who are engaged in the theft of potatoes. Petty theft, he discerns, is increasing in frequency in the locality because of a general lack of money, for the turf cutting season is not yet begun. He is conscious of the perpetual influence of the Ribbon oath but is of opinion the robbers would like to pretend a political motive for their crime, as this helps thwart the release of information to the authorities. A likely place of abode for such delinquent operators is around the town of Navan, he suspects, and he notes the local [Roman Catholic] parish priest ‘by name denounced the robbers, as marked & bad men, a step he never would have taken if the generality of his hearers had been parties concerned’. |
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2 items; 4pp |
DATE(S): |
1 Mar 1825 |
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1825 |
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1825 |
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1825/bundleP |
NAI REFERENCE: |
CSO/RP/SC/1825/388 |
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Letter from Major Thomas Powell, inspector general of the Leinster constabulary, concerning Dillon’s imprisonment of a constable for a personal debt in County Kilkenny |
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Letter from Major Thomas Powell, inspector general of the Leinster constabulary, Corkagh, Rathcoole, County Dublin, to the Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, conveying he has given a response to Dr [Bartholomew] Dillon [magistrate] on the matter of a complain over poor [police] accommodation at Mullinavat in County Kilkenny. He reflects also on Dillon’s dealings with one of the constables of the police establishment of County Kilkenny, whom he appointed on condition that a debt between the pair be settled; when the officer failed to pay the arrears he ordered him to prison, and the man was thereby deprived of his situation. Dillon, however, he observes with a hint of irony, saw fit to put the former constable forward again for appointment to the constabulary. [See also description CSO/RP/SC/1825/390]. |
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1 item; 3pp |
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27 Feb 1825 |
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1825 |
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1825 |
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1825/bundleP |
NAI REFERENCE: |
CSO/RP/SC/1825/389 |
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Letter from Major Thomas Powell, inspector general of the Leinster constabulary, concerning the removal or transfer of chief constables from one district to another |
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Letter from Major Thomas Powell, inspector general of the Leinster constabulary, Corkagh, Rathcoole, County Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, reflecting on the rationale behind the removal or transfer of chief constables from one district to another. He alludes to the transfer of [Thomas] Davidson, [chief constable of police, County Westmeath], to a new station, and to the removal of Neville Noonan, chief constable of police, Abbeyshrule, County Longford, to a different location. He stresses the fear that such officers are ‘domiciliating themselves too much’ with the result their duties are ‘becoming secondary’. As a priority, he emphasises his intention to ensure that police officers are protected against unprofitable local influences or connexions, and conveys his resolve to remove any that are in danger of crossing the line. [See also description CSO/RP/1825/66]. |
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1 item; 4pp |
DATE(S): |
27 Feb 1825 |
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1825 |
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1825 |
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1825/bundleP |
NAI REFERENCE: |
CSO/RP/SC/1825/390 |
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Letter from Major Thomas Powell, inspector general of the Leinster constabulary, concerning the poor standard of police accommodation at Mullinavat in County Kilkenny |
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Letter from Major Thomas Powell, inspector general of the Leinster constabulary, Corkagh, Rathcoole, County Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, reflecting on a complain from Dr Bartholomew Dillon, magistrate, Mullinavat, County Kilkenny, over the poor standard of accommodation for the police constabulary at that place. Returns letter from Dillon, Ballyquin, County Waterford, to Gregory, expressing his outright dissatisfaction with the quarters used as a police station in the village of Mullinavat. He points to the absurdity of ‘a Barrack House without a whole pain of glass or sash’. He observes that four mounted constables in that place live ‘in a licensed Public House without a fire’, and ‘the rest in private lodgings’. Also makes reference to a past application for the suspension of pay to constables in the barony of Knocktopher, County Kilkenny, and acknowledges the assistance of government in that matter. [See also description CSO/RP/SC/1825/388]. |
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2 items; 4pp |
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18 Feb 1825-27 Feb 1825 |
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1825 |
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1825 |
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1825/bundleP |