Letter from Nicholas Nally to the Lord Lieutenant, 17 May 1916

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Letter from Nicholas Nally to the Lord Lieutenant, 17 May 1916

1 Petty Sessions Office Templemore 17th May 1916 To His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant
May it please your Excellencyâ€” I am directed by the Justices to state
that the petitioner was convicted of an
aggravated assault upon his wife,
he blackened her eyes, bit her tongue
through, burnt the hair off her body
with a candle, he was sober at the
time but acted more like a wild beast
that than a human being, and at the
time of his conviction the Justices present
told him that they regretted it was not
in their power to inflict a heavier
sentence. According to the wife's evidence
and that of her relations this was not
the only occasion upon which he ill treated
her and they would therefore consider
it better for the petitioner's wife and
family to keep him away from them
for as long a period as possible-
No fine was imposed I am
your Excellencys
Most obedient Servant Nich. Nally
C.P.S.

A letter from Nicholas Nally, a petty sessions officer in Tipperary, to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Lord Wimborne, describing the case of Richard Carroll. The defendant, Carroll, was sentenced to six months' hard labour for assaulting his wife. Nally reports that the Justices had wished to impose a higher sentence than was permitted on Carroll. The wife had her tongue bitten through and the hair off her body singed by a candle and Nally adds that it would be best if she and her relatives were kept out of contact with Carroll. Ivor Churchill Guest, 1st Viscount Wimborne (1873-1939) was appointed the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1915. Guest worked closely alongside Sir Matthew Nathan (1862-1939) in the administration of Ireland. Following the suppression of the Rising, Guest, under pressure, was forced to resign as Lord Lieutenant. A later inquiry into the Rising exonerated Guest and held Augustine Birrell (1850-1933) chiefly responsible for the events that occurred. Guest would continue to serve as Lord Lieutenant until 1918.

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Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__1222.html)