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Newspaper
Dublin Journal
Location
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Date
Aug 25, 1787
Page
2
An archival notice lists four debtors and assigns names linked to a bankruptcy filing. The document references proceedings under a bankruptcy order, with creditors and involved parties named, indicating a formal legal action and submission to court oversight. The text is fragmentary but identifies an insolvency scenario with several individuals and entities cited.
Lord Lieutenant assigns rewards for the arrest and conviction of those who attacked cattle and persons during the January incident near St Ye Geary in Limerick. A fifty pound reward is offered for each offender found and convicted, plus royal pardon for informers, with authorities urged to pursue all involved. Dated January 3 1787 in Dublin.
Historic notice from the Lord Lieutenant and Council offers a reward of one hundred pounds for information leading to the conviction of those who attacked toll gates on the Dublin to Malahide turnpike during May. The proclamation calls for speedy pursuit, naming locations in Balgriffin and Malahide Road and pledges a royal pardon for informers.
A formal proclamation by Charles Duke of Rutland Lord Lieutenant General and Governor divides Cork Kerry Clare Limerick Tipperary Kilkenny and other counties into named districts for the execution of laws and peace. Districts bear specific barony names such as Bantry West Carbery East Carbery Kerryconnighy Imokilly Barrymore Duhallow Fer Moy Orrery and more. Also divides Kerry and Tipperary into multiple districts with precise barony groupings and names.
An 1787 notice at Ormond-quay announces the reception by Robert Maply, Hy, Ballitare, or Mr. Andrew Pacem for a refined and elegant poem. June 18th.
In County Meath a legal notice announces deeds maps and rent rolls for viewing. The notification lists an address at Sackville Street Dublin and references a court action or property division matters. The date given is June 16 1787 and it concerns an estate disbursement and tenant details awaiting inspection.
A notice for the sale of a well furnished estate in Beath County offers reception for a gentleman of fortune. It mentions conveniences and goods, with a due invented teas system. Patrick Cort bet attorney at 193 in the same street is named. Dated April 17, 1707.
Lord Lieutenant and Council condemn unlawful assemblies by journeymen hosiers in Dublin on May 29 1787. They offer rewards to the first three offenders captured and emphasize swift punishment and protection of Potter’s house, with city officials ordered to suppress plots and arrest offenders. Names Bellamont Mount Cashell Parnell Gardiner Lacouche specified.
In Dublin under the lord lieutenant and council a proclamation orders strict enforcement of quarantine against plague ships from Spain the Minorca area and Gibraltar. It extends the existing forty day quarantine and mandates officers to ensure compliance with the quarantine rules and regulations.
A Dublin Castle alert describes a mass escape from the goal after the murder of Patrick Hands. A list of accused felons including John O’Donnell Bartholomew Shea and James Sughrue is published with descriptions. Rewards of fifty and twenty pounds are offered for the capture of the principal fugitives and for aiding in conviction. The proclamation, dated August 1786, calls on officials to pursue and prosecute the offenders.
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