News: Crimes Act compensation for murder and injuries 
27-12-1882

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CRIMES ACT COMPENSATION FOR MURDER AND INJURIES

The newspaper contains a number of warrants by the Lord 
Lieutenant authorizing payments of the following sums as 
compensation under the Crimes Acts for murder and personal 
injuries.

Mr. J.A. Byrne, QC. sat today in the Court House in 
Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo, to investigate claims for compensation 
under the Crimes Act. There were eight cases to be inquired 
into, and the first was that of Lady Mountmorres, who claims 
for the murder of her husband at Clonbur on the 25th Sept. 
1880. Among the other claims is one by Mr. Hearn, Petty 
Sessions Clerk, who seeks compensation for personal injuries 
inflicted on him on the 28th of Feb. 1880, when he was fired 
at and wounded a short distance from Ballinrobe. Another is 
by Thomas Huddy for the murder of his father at Lough Mask, 
and one by Michael Huddy for the murder of his son John 
Huddy, also one by John Gibbons, for the murder of his son 
near Clonbur on the 17th March last, and by Bridget Gibbons, 
wife of the last claimant, for personal injuries inflicted 
on her on the same occasion. There is a claim by John Dolan 
for personal injuries inflicted on him on the night of the 
26th September, 1881, when he was dragged out of his room by 
a party of men, who cut of his ear. Michael Fennick claims 
for the murder of his son on the 29th June 1880.
  
Source:
London Times December 12, 1882