Project Gutenberg 2017-10-02 Public domain in the USA. 552 Porter, Frank Thorpe 1801 1882 Twenty Years' Recollections of an Irish Police Magistrate 20 Years' Recollections of an Irish Police Magistrate Produced 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) "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.) Reading ease score: 54.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Ireland -- Social life and customs Porter, Frank Thorpe, 1801-1882 Crime -- Ireland Criminals -- Ireland HV Text Category: Biographies Category: History - British Category: Law & Criminology 945302 2025-07-22T08:33:17.121846 text/html 934395 2024-10-23T02:42:55 text/html 495131 2025-07-22T08:33:27.691726 application/epub+zip 504512 2025-07-22T08:33:18.829787 application/epub+zip 452864 2025-07-22T08:33:18.090826 application/epub+zip 779524 2025-07-22T08:33:34.875228 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 710083 2025-07-22T08:33:26.772743 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 662690 2022-08-25T06:42:36.383047 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 878045 2025-07-22T08:33:16.122896 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 858089 2024-10-23T02:42:55 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16913 2025-07-22T08:33:35.033192 application/rdf+xml 32753 2025-07-22T08:33:18.228891 image/jpeg 4747 2025-07-22T08:33:18.149790 image/jpeg 451238 2025-07-22T08:33:17.215804 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog