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CSO/RP/1820/952

File relating to investigation by Major George Warburton, chief magistrate, County Clare, of allegation of physical abuse by Judith Dundon, against Patrick Mahon, magistrate. Includes copy letter from Thomas Comyn, Ennis, county Clare, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, alleging that a servant of Mahon’s lured Dundon into a out building, where Mahon ‘beat Her in a most cruel manner’ and again the following day, had four men convey the woman to his house, and ‘had Her stripped naked and beat Her unmercifully with a “Cutting Whip”’, leaving her to return home without clothing ‘amidst the shouts of an unfeeling Rabble’,12 March 1819; also includes copy letter from Dundon to Gregory, requesting assent from Lord Lieutenant to proceed with action against Mahon ‘as the Magistrate of this town would not interfere against Him’, 20 April 1819; also includes record of proceedings before Clare Summer Assizes with sworn statements and minutes of case ‘The King and Pat[ric]k Mahon’, May 1819; also includes copy letter from Warburton, Kilrush, County Clare, to Gregory, who observes in relation to the case ‘in fact the only attempt made by “Mr Mahon”, in the way of Justification, was to prove the Infamous Character of the Accusing Party’, 15 May 1819.

12 Mar 1818-2 Aug 1819

1819

CSO/RP/1820/953

Letter from Charles Evatt, local inspector, Monaghan Gaol, County Monaghan, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, requesting copy of the recent Insolvency Act in order ‘that measures may be taken for the discharge of those Prisoners’ who are confined for small debts and whose presence in the jail is causing congestion.

8 Aug 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/954

Letter from Charles Evatt, local inspector, Monaghan Gaol, County Monaghan, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, requesting removal of prisoners, Judith Ward, Charles Ramsey, Patrick Magee, Luke Haffy and Terence McManus, who were sentenced to transportation for seven years; claims that such a measure is necessary due to ‘The extremely crowded and insufficient state of this Gaol’ together with the ‘violent and outrageous conduct’ of some of the men in question.

9 Aug 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/955

Petition of Arthur Morrison, hotel and tavern keeper, Dawson Street, Dublin, to Earl Talbot, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting he be exempted from a demand for payment of police levy as he claims to have contributed £50 to constable Thomas King Manning, for a license in 1817, although this transaction went unrecorded; complains that ‘two officers of Police of Number six division entered his House with a warrant and seized and took away twelve silver Dishes’, property that he wishes to have recovered; annexes to second page of document is a list of taxes and charges paid by him. Includes letter from Frederick Darley and Major Henry Charles Sirr, Head Office of Police, Dublin, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, relaying results of enquiry and affirming that Morrison ‘paid his License duty as such Hotel Keeper for the 1817’ but detects some discrepancy apparent in recording practices of Mark Magrath, a magistrate; also includes letter from Head Office of Police to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, concerning investigation of the case, and also copy reply from Police Office, College street, Dublin, to the Magistrates of the Head Office of Police; also includes minutes of evidence.

19 Jun 1820-9 Sep 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/956

File relating to investigation of actions of Mark Magrath, magistrate, and Thomas King Manning, Chief Constable, 6th Division of Police, Dublin. Includes letter from Magrath, Police Office, College Street, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, enclosing statement in defense against charges of misconduct arising from allegations, relating to demand for police levy, presented by Arthur Morrison, hotel and tavern keeper, Dawson Street, Dublin, 29 July 1820; also includes letter from Magrath to the Magistrates of the Head Office of Police, acknowledging that a number of people are prepared to testify against him and that ‘Greville’ has been ‘industriously engaged’ in making enquiries ‘as I am well informed and verily believe that there is a deep conspiracy formed against me’, 1 September 1820; also includes anonymous letter signed 'J McK', Merrion Square, Dublin, indicating displeasure that ‘no final Decision has been made’ with respect to Magrath’s behavior as magistrate, for, he asserts ‘a reference to Alderman Archer or any other of the Police Magistrates will satisfy you that they Consider the Establishment Degraded by his general Conduct’, 12 October 1820; also includes ‘Statement of the Circumstances in which the Investigation was ordered, that lead [sic] to the Dismissal of Mr Magrath, one of the Magistrates and Tho[ma]s K[ing] Manning, Chief Constable of the Sixth division of Police’.

28 Jul 1820-12 Oct 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/957

Letter from Thomas King Manning, Chief Constable, 6th Division of Police, College Green, Dublin, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, remarking that ‘the rumours that have been in circulation for some days past respecting my Situation has so affected my Mind that I am at present confined to a Sick Bed’: encloses memorial to Earl Talbot, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, appealing for acceptance of his submission to an enquiry instigated as a result of a complaint by Arthur Morrison, hotel keeper, that a license payment was not acknowledged by the magistrate of police; also includes letter from Manning to Grant, making assertion of loyalty and citing as character references the names of the Lord Mayor [Sir Abraham Bradley King], James Connolly, ‘The Messrs Pims – Robinson – and Todhunters’; also includes letter from Manning to Grant, enclosing affidavit in his favour from Patrick Hardiman and Philip Loughlin, sworn before Richard Guinness; and affidavit from Manning with mention of case of Patrick Roach.

15 Dec 1820-27 Dec 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/958

Letter from Michael McCormick, New Ross, County Wexford, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment of his son, Shepherd McCormick, to post of lieutenant in fisheries or revenue police: encloses memorial to Earl Talbot, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, outlining case for position in fisheries for son and making reference to his own military service as aid-de-camp to General Johnson in defense of New Ross during the 1798 Rebellion, signed by nine supporters. Includes letter from Dublin Castle to Michael McCormick, indicating that the Lord Lieutenant is supporting a nominated for him for appointment to post of local inspector of fisheries; also includes note from Grant recommending ‘Fitzmaurice’ if post of inspector is located in county Kerry, but ‘if not McC[ormick]'.

16 Jun 1820-24 Nov 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/959

Letter from John Minty, assistant supervisor of works, Paving Board House, Dublin, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, enclosing memorial to Earl Talbot, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting promotion to post of senior supervisor of works with the Paving Board; indicates that he presently holds rank of lieutenant, half pay, 2nd Garrison Battalion, and provides abstract of military service, which includes action in Ireland during the period 1798 to 1803.

19 Dec 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/960

Petition of WW Mealy, Castletown, Berehaven, County Cork, to Earl Talbot, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to post of barrack master at Berehaven District or inspector of fisheries; indicates that he has held a position with the post office since 1808 and that his father previously held the post of local barrack master; claims to have support of the Earl of Bantry [Richard White] for application.

16 Dec 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/961

Petition of Arthur McMahon, 10 Grangegorman Lane, Dublin, to Earl Talbot, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting measure of pecuniary assistance as his doctor has advised removal to the country for health reasons; claims to be known to the Earl of Fingall [Arthur James Plunkett], Colonel Talbot and ‘the proprietor of the Irish Woolen Ware House on Castle Street’.

11 May 1821

1821