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100 1 _aPorter, Frank Thorpe,
_d1801-1882
245 1 0 _aTwenty Years' Recollections of an Irish Police Magistrate
246 1 _a20 Years' Recollections of an Irish Police Magistrate
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2017
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2017-10-02
508 _aProduced by Sonya Schermann, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"Twenty Years' Recollections of an Irish Police Magistrate" by Frank Thorpe Porter is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The book offers a collection of narratives recounting incidents from the author's lengthy career as a police magistrate in Dublin, providing insights into the criminal justice system of the time, as well as anecdotes involving various characters connected to law and order. The opening of the memoir presents the case of a man named Lonergan, accused of poisoning his employer, Mr. O'Flaherty. Following a complicated legal process, Lonergan is convicted and sentenced to be hanged and quartered, although he maintains his innocence until the end. The narrative highlights the somber realities of justice in historical Dublin, emphasizing the impact on both the condemned and those around him. The chapter concludes with a dramatic account of Lonergan's eventual escape from execution, illustrating themes of fate, human error, and the complexities of truth versus perception. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aIreland -- Social life and customs
653 _aPorter, Frank Thorpe, 1801-1882
653 _aCrime -- Ireland
653 _aCriminals -- Ireland
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55668
999 _c96499
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