[Printed handbill.] A County Court Judge on the Lawlessness of the Forces of the Crown in Ireland. County Court Judge Bodkin, K.C., at the conclusion of the Ennis (County Clare) Quarter Sessions on February 5, 1921, made a grave statement [...]
Author:
[M. McDonnell Bodkin, County Court Judge for County Clare; Sir Hamar Greenwood, Chief Secretary for Ireland; the Peace With Ireland Council; the Black and Tans]
Publication details:
'Reprinted from the Manchester Guardian of February 7, 1921.' Published by the Peace with Ireland Council, 30 Queen Anne's Chambers, London, S.W.1. Printed by the Caledonian Press Ltd. (T. U.), 74 Swinton Street, London, W.C.1.
£95.00
SKU: 11837
4pp., 12mo. Bifolium. Fair, on aged high-acidity paper. Drophead title, with the second part reading in its entirety: 'County Court Judge Bodkin, K.C., at the conclusion of the Ennis (County Clare) Quarter Sessions on February 5, 1921, made a grave statement as to the violence committed by the forces of the Crown in Ireland, in the following words: -'. The article reprints a report by Bodkin to the Rt Hon. Sir Hamar Greenwood, Chief Secretary for Ireland, under the following headings: 'Looting at Lahinch', 'Men Shot at Ennistymon', 'Murder at Miltown-Malbay', 'Directed to Call for Body', 'Complaint to Colonel of Auxiliaries', 'Application Dismissed', 'Juristiction not "Ousted"', 'People Treated with Great Violence', 'No Charges Against Victims' and 'Burden Too Heavy for Ratepayers'. The report ends: 'In conclusion, I venture to repeat an opinion expressed at a previous sessions three months ago, that law and order cannot be restored or maintained by what I felt constrained to describe as a competition in crime.' One copy on COPAC etc (LSE).