Two centuries ago
Two centuries ago
1 Jun 1751Friday night, one William Jackson butcher in Kevin Street, attempting to scale the wall of the Bishop of Elphin’s garden, was shot by a Person appointed to watch, as his Lordship’s pantry had been robbed about three months before. On the Monday night following the Bother and Father of the Man that was shot entered the Bishop’s House attended by Hundreds and seized the Man who shot the deceased, and would have given him Gallows Paul’s fate, were they not prevented by the Poddle Guard, who were brought by Justice Drury.
– Dublin Courant.
TFH
June 1, 1751.