Murder Trials in Ireland, 1836-1914 (Irish Legal History Society) (Hardback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Murder Trials in Ireland, 1836-1914 The book describes how the courts dealt with murder, beginning with the coroner's inquest and ending with the conviction and hanging of the murderer. Between these two points the exquisite, almost balletic, procedure, of the courts and their officers is described, the Crown's case against the prisoner is analyzed, and the prisoner's defense is discussed. Magistrates, policemen, crown solicitors, w
Full description- Publisher: Four Courts Press Ltd
- Published: 23 October 2009
- Format: Hardback 430 pages
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- Categories: Crime & Criminology | Penology & Punishment | Criminal Law & Procedure | Criminal Procedure | British & Irish History | Modern History To 20th Century: C 1700 To C 1900 | 20th Century History: C 1900 To C 2000
- ISBN 13: 9781846821585 ISBN 10: 1846821584
- Sales rank: 455,759
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Full description for Murder Trials in Ireland, 1836-1914
The book describes how the courts dealt with murder, beginning with the coroner's inquest and ending with the conviction and hanging of the murderer. Between these two points the exquisite, almost balletic, procedure, of the courts and their officers is described, the Crown's case against the prisoner is analyzed, and the prisoner's defense is discussed. Magistrates, policemen, crown solicitors, witnesses, jurors, judges, and hangmen make their appearances. The prisoners, whose silence before and during their trials was their most notable characteristic in the nineteenth-century courts, make their apperances too, but not as prominently as their judicial custodians, until they finally and briefly come into the limelight on the gallows. An implicit theme of the book is the apparent contradiction between the apparent simplicity of the courts' procedures and the complexity of the rules that determined their operation. The book relies on a range of printed primary sources, such as newspapers, parliamentary papers, law reports, and legal textbooks, and on MS sources in the National Archives such as the Convict Reference Files.
