The account of the trial of Jas. Byrne at Dublin, Oct. 28, 1811, charged on the oath of the Bishop of Clogher, with accusing him of an abonimable crime: with an account of the dreadful floggings he underwent.
London: Printed and offered by J. Catnach, 2 Monmouth-Court docket …, [1822]. 1 sheet (1 unnumbered site) : illustration (woodcut) 46 x 41 cm. James Byrne, a coachman, accused the Bishop of Clogher with building sexual advancements, and the Bishop retaliated by accusing Byrne of extortionary libel. In a trial considered as a travesty of justice, Byrne was sentenced to general public flogging and a two-year prison sentence. The text features the prosecution’s jury speech and reporting from the Dubin Morning Article. The woodcut illustration depicts Byrne tethered to a rolling cart, his bare again being lashed by a uniformed guard.
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