“The Press” In 1865
July 15 BELFAST RIOTS. The Belfast Assizes have unexpectedly collapsed. The riot cases—assaults, housewreckings, murders, and all were abandoned by the Crown some time ago, virtually because a conviction on any of the capital indictments appeared to be utterly hopeless. A fortnight of civil war has been expiated, or is to be expiated. by half-a-dozen culprits, out of some hundreds, staying in gaol for a year: and while eleven or twelve human beings were barbarously murdered in the streets of Belfast, public justice is
forced to rest contented with no expiation at aIL There was not a single conviction for murder. This being the case, and the assizes, so far as regards the riot cases, having concluded, it would be somewhat superfluous to say that the attempt to bring the criminals to justice has been a total failure. . . . One person died of mania caused by fright—a case which serves to show how much mental agony and terror there must have been. The loss arising from stoppage of mills, disturbance of trade, and suspension of business has been estimated at £so,ooo.—From the “Home News.”
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30803, 15 July 1965, Page 14
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