The law started changing after the book "crimes and punishments" was written by Justice Edmund Hayes in 1837 Dublin. Even English law and her colonies changed their punishment of crime after this ground breaking book. By the way he was born Millmont Co Down.
Della Palmer From: CoTyroneList <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Len Swindley Sent: Saturday, 30 June 2018 8:40 PM To: CoTyroneIreland.com Mailing List <[email protected]>; Katie Green <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] CoTyroneIreland.com - New Content - Donegal Assizes, Lifford, Co. Donegal, August 1824 Hello Katie, These were the bad old days in Ireland and elsewhere where personal property seems to have been more highly valued than the lives of the desperate poor. Yes, tough times. Regards, Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10 _____ From: CoTyroneList <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > on behalf of Katie Green <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2018 7:02:32 AM To: CoTyroneIreland.com Mailing List Subject: Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] CoTyroneIreland.com - New Content - Donegal Assizes, Lifford, Co. Donegal, August 1824 Hmm. This is an interesting one. If I read it correctly, a death sentence is given if you steal a horse.but if you kill your child, no. I guess infants were deemed expendable, horses not. It reminds me uncomfortably of the debate worldwide about the worth of immigrant lives. Katie On Jun 29, 2018, at 3:40 PM, Jim McKane <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Donegal Assizes, Lifford, Co. Donegal, August 1824 <https://cotyroneireland.com/criminals/DonegalAug1824.html> Thanks again to Len Swindley for another great addition to CTI! Jim McKane South Bruce Peninsula, Ontario _______________________________________________ CoTyroneList mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://mail.cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/cotyronelist_cotyroneirelan d.com
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