http://hdl.handle.net/2262/8738 Sat, 25 May 2013 05:30:05 GMT 2013-05-25T05:30:05Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/8158 Title: The functions of grand juries in criminal cases Author: Monahan, James H. Abstract: The various branches of our criminal procedure are necessarily closely interwoven. The necessity or the usefulness of a particular step in the complex process by which criminals are brought to justice, is often dependent on, and inexplicable without, reference to the mode in which previous and subsequent stages of the investigation art conducted It is therefore impracticable to form a judgment as to the value, or uselessness, of any detail of the structure of our criminal procedure, without having previously acquired a conception of the entire procedure—from the accusation to the conviction—as a whole. And in order to confine the discussion of such a subject within reasonable limits, we must assume that the principal features of the rest of the machinery are to be regarded as practically unchangeable. Description: Read Tuesday, 20th June, 1865 Sun, 01 Jan 1865 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/8158 1865-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/7738 Title: On strikes with respect to hours of labour Author: Hancock, W. Neilson Abstract: In old times, when business of all kinds was carried on in small establishments, the hours of labour were regulated by the hours kept by the employer and his family, who generally resided at the place of business, and personally superintended the work. The old hours in all common occupations were ten hours for work, with two hours for meals, twelve in all—usually from six a.m. to six p.m. When capitalists get up large establishments like factories, and have a large capital sunk in machinery, they are tempted to make the machinery work as many hours as possible out of the twenty-four. The capitalist is thus led to offer extra wages for extra hours, to induce the men to overwork; and not the men only, but women and children. It was to check this evil that the agitation for Factory Legislation commenced. Description: Read Tuesday, 25th September, 1865 Sun, 01 Jan 1865 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/7738 1865-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/7700 Title: The differences between the statutes bearing on public health for England and Ireland Author: Mapother, E. D. Abstract: No medical practitioner who has treated disease in this country, especially in its populous towns, can have failed to observe the insufficiency of our present legal enactments towards its prevention. Upon me this conviction has forced itself more urgently since July last, when I was entrusted by the Corporation with the carrying out of the provisions of the Sanitary Acts concerning this city. Having submitted my views to the Committee of the Corporation with whom I have the pleasure of acting, I was directed to draw out a statement of the differences which exist between Public Health Statutes in England and Ireland, and having done so, I was rejoiced to have been granted this opportunity of bringing the subject forward in this Society, where I enjoy the cooperation of its legal and other members expert in the construction of acts of Parliament. In order to exhibit at a glance the useful statutes from the benefits of which Ireland is excluded, and to systematize the discussion, I have set them forth with their most important provisions on this table. Description: Read Tuesday, 21st February, 1865 Sun, 01 Jan 1865 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/7700 1865-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/7698 Title: Observations on the law relating to the qualification and selection of jurors, with suggestions for its amendment Author: Molloy, Constantine Abstract: I propose in this paper briefly to direct attention to the expediency and necessity of some amendment being made in the law with reference to the qualification and selection of jurors; and, with that view, to submit some suggestions to the consideration of this Society. Description: Read Tuesday, 16th May, 1865 Sun, 01 Jan 1865 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/7698 1865-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/7592 Title: The venue for trials, civil and criminal Author: O'Shaughnessy, Mark S. Abstract: To secure a full, fair, and impartial trial of such issues as, for the adjustment of personal disputes, or for the protection of public rights, it may become necessary to decide, is surely an object to which, in the interests of the public, none can be pronounced as superior. That, for a jury, men should always be had in whom this great public trust may be reposed with confidence, there should be upon the face of the panel a body of men such as, by character and station, would be above imputation. To know whether each locality in which trials may be had would afford a sufficient number of qualified persons, becomes then a necessary element in the consideration of the question as to the qualification of jurors; and to that question, therefore, the complement is, the consideration of the fittest locality in which trials should take place. Description: Read Tuesday, 16th May, 1865 Sun, 01 Jan 1865 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/7592 1865-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/7587 Title: On the patent laws of the United Kingdom Author: Whittle, John Lowry Abstract: Our system of Patent Law has lately attracted much attention. Within a few years there have been several parliamentary commissions to investigate its principles; and the utility of such a system is one of the acknowledged social science questions in the sister kingdom. Here, it is true, patent law is not a matter of so much importance; yet in some parts of Ireland, I am happy to say, inventive talent is at work; and in the north, for instance, the question is regarded with continually increasing interest. I therefore thought it would not be an unreasonable occupation of the time of this Society to review the working of the system. We are perhaps the better qualified to discuss it on its own merits, as we are not led away by the powerful interests which surround this question in England. Description: Read Tuesday, 17th of January, 1865 Sun, 01 Jan 1865 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/7587 1865-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/7585 Title: Abstract of a paper on "Railway reform, or the policy of the purchase and management by the British Government of the railways of the United Kingdom" Author: Greer, Samuel M. Abstract: Several passages were quoted from a valuable treatise by Mr. William Galt, of London, printed originally for private circulation, but now about to be published, which advocates the policy of having all the railways of the United Kingdom purchased by the Government, and employed for the service of the people at the lowest rate that would be found practicable without loss to the revenue. With regard to the management of the railways when in the hands of the government, Mr. Galt recommended a board of twenty-four members to be appointed by the leading railway companies, of whom four should represent Irish lines, and four Scotch lines, the board, of course, to be presided over like the Indian council by a member of the Government. Description: Read, Tuesday, 13th December, 1864 Sun, 01 Jan 1865 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/7585 1865-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/7564 Title: Abstract of a paper on "Railway reform" Author: Gibson, Edward Abstract: The paper was intended to show the powers vested in the nation of purchasing up the railways of the United Kingdom constructed since 1844, and the arguments which have been advanced to induce the public to exercise those powers. Description: Read, Tuesday, 17th January, 1865 Sun, 01 Jan 1865 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/7564 1865-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/7482 Title: Proceedings of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland: eighteenth session, opening to fourth meetings - 1864/65 Author: SSISI Description: Eighteenth session - 1865 Sun, 01 Jan 1865 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/7482 1865-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/7481 Title: Appendix to the foregoing address [by the President, Hon. Judge Longfield, at the opening of the eighteenth session] Abstract: Some people say that no legislation ought to take place until it is called for by the landlords, who, from experience, ought to know the best way of managing their own properties, quieta non moveri, or in vulgar English, “to let well enough alone” is often a very good maxim for a statesman. But it is reasonable to ask, “is this the case of the quieta” or the “well enough”? I am afraid, however, that it is impossible to deny that some change is required. Many persons may reasonably doubt whether legislation may do much to remove the evils which undoubtedly exist; but they ought to admit that proposals for their relief ought to be calmly and deliberately discussed, and neither be intemperately demanded, nor contemptuously rejected without examination. Description: Read Saturday, 26th November, 1864 Sun, 01 Jan 1865 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/7481 1865-01-01T00:00:00Z