The Trials of George Robert Fitzgerald, Esq; Timoth Brecknock, James Fulton, and Others, for the Procurement of, and for the Murder of Patrick Randall McDonnell and Charles Hipson. Also The TRIAL of John Gallagher and others, for an Assault on George Robert Fitzgerald, in the Gaol of Castlebar. The Speech of George Robert Fitzgerald, Esq; previous to his receiving Sentence, the Arguments of Council, the Lord Chief Baron Yelverton’s Speech on passing their Sentences, the whole Proceedings of the Court, together with a Description of their Conduct at the Place of Execution. Taken from the Notes of a Gentleman.
- Dublin: Printed by P. Byrne, 1786
12mo, iv, [1] – 181 pp., ex-library, handstamp on title-page, rebound in recent buckram, shelf number stamped on spine, text browned, several leaves loose and detached from text block, contemporary ink manuscript notes in text, else a good useable copy.
Fitzgerald, from county Mayo, was "noted for his gallantry, his recklessness, and his duels", he abducted his brother, was betrayed by his father, left for dead in a prison attack was tried and hanged for murder in 1786 along with his land-agent Timothy Brecknock.
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The Trials of George Robert Fitzgerald, Esq; Timoth Brecknock, James Fulton, and Others, for the Procurement of, and for the Murder of Patrick Randall McDonnell and Charles Hipson. Also The TRIAL of John Gallagher and others, for an Assault on George Robert Fitzgerald, in the Gaol of Castlebar. The Speech of George Robert Fitzgerald, Esq; previous to his receiving Sentence, the Arguments of Council, the Lord Chief Baron Yelverton’s Speech on passing their Sentences, the whole Proceedings of the Court, together with a Description of their Conduct at the Place of Execution. Taken from the Notes of a Gentleman.
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Printed by P. Byrne: Dublin
Date
1786