November 18, 2010

1910

Road damageThe Galway Urban Council summonsed two defendants for taking sand off the beach, to the injury of the public road, at Grattan-road at the City Petty Sessions.

Mr. Blake, solr. (Messrs. Blake and Kenny), prosecuted; and Mr. Concannon, solr., defended.

Mr. Concannon asked under what Act of Parliament the prosecution was brought, for he could not for the life of him make out what the authority was for this case.

Chairman: The charge is very wide, Mr. Concannon.

Mr. Concannon: Wide! So very wide that I cannot fix it.

Mr. Blake said several cases of the kind had been heard in that court. The prosecution alleged that this sand was taken away to the injury, or possible injury to the road. The Council did not claim a right to the foreshore, but they contend that even the owners themselves could not go against the Act of Parlliament and take the sand. The taking of the sand allowed the sea greater freedom to attack the road.

The defendants were accused of taking cart loads of sand from the beach. The case was adjourned following legal argument.

Habitual drunkardA woman was charged with being an habitual drunkard, and the defendant elected to be tried by the magistrates. A number of convictions for drunkenness against her within the last 12 months was recorded.

Mr. Mercer, D.J. said there was a vacancy in the Wexford Inebriate Reformatory.

Chairman: Well, Mrs., the Inebriates’ Home is the only place for you. We will send you there for three years and, of course, if you are cured before that time, you will be discharged. Some other parties in the town have now got an example of what may happen to them. Mr Campbell said the woman had spent between £800 and £900, and it would be a good thing if this thing happened to her ten years ago.

1935

House without kitchenA house which is being built without any provision for a kitchen was the subject of a discussion at Ballinasloe Mental Hospital on Monday, at which Mr. James Cosgrave, chairman, presided. In the new plans for the auxiliary mental hospital buildings, there were no provisions made for a kitchen, the original intention being that the food was to be cooked in the main building half a mile away and taken down to the new buildings.

Find in cartSergt. Monohan and four guards from Oughterard carried out searches for poteen on Saturday in the Seacum, Ugul and Finnaun districts. It is stated that they found a still, malt, barrels, buckets and shovels on the premises of David and Peter Walsh, Finnaun. Guards from Galway, Salthill and Spiddal also carried out searches for poteen last weekend in the Loughwell, Moycullen area.

Due to the vigilance of Garda Allen and Cummins, a big seizure of poteen was made on Saturday afternoon on the Galway-Moycullen Road. The two garda, who were in plain clothes, halted a sidecar in which Mrs. Julia Gillespie, Loughwell, was going into town. In a basket, they found four bottles of poteen, which, it is stated, Mrs Gillespie admitted were her property.

Hotel fireA fire broke out in the Warwick Hotel, Salthill, in the early hours of Thursday morning. The ceiling of a kitchen was discovered to be burning. Galway Fire Brigade were called out at 3.45am and succeeded in putting the flames out. The brigade stood by for about two hours, but no further outbreak occurred.

’Wegians’ surpriseU.C.G. caught a tartar at the Sports Ground, Galway, on Sunday when they were defeated by Galwegians, the score at full time being: Galwegians, 6 points (2 tries); U.C.G., nil. Galwegians were worth at least one more sore and would have got it if Naughton on one occasion had let the ball out instead of attempting a futile drop at goal. No excuses can be made for the College team. Although they had not a full pack, there were only one or two notable absentees, and their back line was the best they could field. In short, they were beaten, and well beaten, by a better team.

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