Letter from Nicholas Nally to the Lord Lieutenant, 17 May 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Nicholas Nally

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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.

 National Archives of Ireland CSO RP/1916/6834/3/2 https://letters1916.ie/item/1222 English Nicholas Nally 1916-05-16 Templemore, County Tipperary, Ireland Ivor Churchill Guest Male Law and Judiciary

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 Petty Sessions Office Templemore 17th May 1916 To His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant May it please your Excellency— 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 beastthat 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. Templemore, County Tipperary, Ireland Letter from Nicholas Nally to the Lord Lieutenant, 17 May 1916 Ivor Churchill Guest Letter from James Patrick Farrell to Lord Wimborne, 27 March 1916Letter from W. H. M. Cobbe to Lord Wimborne, 29 April 1916Letter from 'a loyal subject' to Lord Wimborne, 30 April 1916Letter from William Sheehan to Lord Wimborne, 26 May 1916Letter from David G. Curtin to Lord Wimborne, 25 March 1916Letter from John R. Johnson to Lord Wimborne, 18 November, 1915Letter from 'A Loyal Subject' to Lord Wimborne, undated, circa 22 November, 1915Letter from Patrick H. O'Brien to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 20 June 1916Letter from the Town Clerk, Blackrock, County Dublin, to Lord Wimborne, 20 April 1916Letter from Major J. Crean to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 4 May 1916Letter from M. Bonham Carter to Lord Wimborne, 19 February 1916Letter from Edward Marsh to Lord Wimborne, 13 May 1916Letter from Patrick O'Brien to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 21 June 1916Letter from Reginald Le Normand Brabazon, the Earl of Meath, to Lord Wimborne, 7 February 1916Letter from the Earl of Shaftsbury to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 31 December 1915Letter from John Butler to Lord Wimborne, 15 November 1915Letter from Nicholas Nally to the Lord Lieutenant, 17 May 1916Letter from Lord Wimborne to Sir John Maxwell, 1 May 1916.Letter from Lord Wimborne to Sir John Maxwell, 1 May 1916Letter from Lord Wimborne to Sir John Maxwell, 3 May 1916Letter from William M. Nolan to Lord Wimborne, 13 March 1916Letter from Thomas G. Buchanan to Lord Wimborne, 19 May 1916Letter from Jones McKenna to Lord Wimborne, 21 August 1916Letter from Hanoria Shanahan to the Lord Lieutenant, Lord Wimborne, 29 March 1916Letter from Peter Molloy to Lord Wimborne, 29 January 1916Letter from Lord Wimborne to Sir John Maxwell, 29 April 1916 Nicholas Nally Letter from Nicholas Nally to the Lord Lieutenant, 17 May 1916