![]() ![]() Seale, 19, John Kerrick, 18, Henry Williams, 15, and John Williams, 19 were indicted for stealing a gold watch worth £25, the property of George Blake Hickson. Such was the case with the 78- year-old Father of the Munster Bar George Blake Hickson SC, whose 1865 vacation jaunt to London culminated in unanticipated testimony at the famed Bailey and Middlesex Sessions.įrom the Belfast Newsletter 8 September 1865:Īt the Middlesex Sessions on Tuesday, Thos. The start of the legal Long Vacation in August marked – and continues to mark – the annual abandonment of the Four Courts and the flight of its inhabitants further afield.īut, try as holidaying lawyers might to escape, sometimes Justice draws them inexorably back. Would Miss Feehan get back her jewellery? Read on here for an account of the evidence as it unfolded. The relations between them were such that they led his client to believe that it would be a sacred union. But it was not so. She exchanged presents – valuable presents – with him, and when the engagement ceased she expected that he would return those presents which she had made him, as she had returned his. He would not detain the court further, but would call upon Miss Feehan, who would tell her own story. ![]() But the same relations did not exist between Terence and Maryanne – the feeling was not reciprocated (laughter) – Terence got ‘rusty’ in fact (renewed laughter). ![]() It appeared that a couple of years ago this young lady, being in want of a clerk or manager to assist her in the conduct of her business, engaged the defendant, who came from London, for the purpose. Therefore, anything he had to say against him would not be derogatory to Irishmen (laughter). Although a servant in her employment, she was very kind to him, and on one occasion during his illness displayed unmistakeable symptoms of her anxiety for his welfare. An attachment sprung up between them which it was thought would culminate in a happy alliance. He regretted to say that the case was not altogether favourable to the gallantry of the young men of Waterford, although during his experience of them he never found them anything but attentive to the gentler sex (laughter). His client, a young lady of great respectability, was obliged to come into court to recover possession of certain articles of jewellery which were retained by Terence Hanan of the value of about £14. Although they might not be of any great value to any person else, they were, nevertheless, of the utmost value to her, because they were heirlooms of her family, and bearing the crest of its members. It was but natural, then that they should be highly prized by her. Mr Carson, B.L., in stating the case, said that it was one brought by Miss Mary Feehan, a lady carrying on a very prosperous business in this city, against one Terence Hanan, to recover possession of certain articles of jewellery. Mr Carson BL, instructed by Mr Delandre, for plaintiff Mr Thornton for defendant. This was an action to recover certain articles of jewellery valued for about £14 – All barristers have to start somewhere, and Sir Edward Carson, later to become one of the most famous cross-examiners of all time thanks to his performance in the Oscar Wilde libel action, cut his legal teeth in local courts in Waterford, Ireland, where a considerable number of his clients were women plaintiffs - read about one of their cases below:įrom the Waterford Standard, 26 June 1880: ![]()
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