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Lewis J.Watters L.L.D.
Crown Solicitor
for Co. & City of Kilkenny
27 Patrick Street, Kilkenny 21st Dec. 1915 Re/ Anastatia Devlin & Others,
Workmen's Compensation Claim. Dear Sir, There is a small Fee of £2.12.10 due
to me in this Case.I furnished you with
particulars in June last. Will you kindly let
me have Cheque. Yours faithfully, Lewis J. Watters The Chief Crown Solicitor, Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle.
Letter from Lewis J. Watters, Crown Solicitor for Kilkenny, referring to a fee due
to him for work on a case relating to the maintenance of children in Kilkenny and
Limerick industrial schools. Watters asks the Chief Crown Solicitor, Sir Malachy Kelly
(1851-1916), to forward him a cheque for the amount due.Sir Malachy Kelly was the
Chief Crown Solicitor for Ireland. He was appointed Crown Solicitor for Mayo in 1884
and was involved in a number of high profile cases. In 1905, he was appointed Chief
Crown Solicitor for Ireland and moved to Dublin.