THE IRISH ASSIZE REPORTS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume III, Issue 127, 8 October 1875, Page 14

THE IRISH ASSIZE REPORTS.

At the last Irish assizes in Tipperary, Mr. Baron Dowie, addressing the grand jury, said : — "lam extremely happy to be able to tell you on this occasion . your labors will be very light." In Louth, Mr. Justice Barry, said to the grand jury : — " I am glad to tell you that your county continues to maintain the same character for peace and good order which it had possessed since I had the honor to know it on circuit. The total of crime is almost reduced to a minimum. The constabulary report show* only two cases of crime occurring in the county. One is a case of threaten* ing the other of assault." In Boscommon, the Lord Chief Baron said : — " I am happy to inform you that your duties of a criminal nature |at this assize will be of a very light nature — in fact, little more than nominal." In Droghcda, Mr. Justice Morris said : — " Thero are three cases, as I understand, for trial at this asiize. With regard to two of them, you will not be troubled. With regard to the amount of crime in the town and district, the official return of the county inspector exhibits -a rermrkable immunity from crime, in this popular place, and I am extremely glad to congratulate the grand jury on this pleasing and commendable fact." In Clare, Mr. Justice Keogh said : — " I am proud to announce that your duties at these assizes will be very light indeed. There are no prisoners in custody for trial, and the Bills to go before you are only three, in which the parties are out on bail." , In Kilkenny, Mr. Baron Dowse said : — " G-entlemen, there is nothing for you to do. A preacher cannot preach without his text, nor a judge without criminals/ The High Sheriff then presented his lordship with a pair of white gloves, when he said : I have much pleasure in receiving these, as their color is emblematic of the state of the calendar, on which there io no stain.