A DEVILISH GRIME
IRISH COMPENSATION CLAIM, - JUDGE’S STRONG REMARKS. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, March 13. Mr Justice Wilson has delivered a remarkable judgment at th'e Armagh Assizes, relating to a compensation claim arising Out of the murder of John Cosgrove by Sinn Feiners last June. His Honour said he had never* "heard of a . more hellish or devilish crime. The Sinn Feiners murdered O’Hanlon as a supposed spy, and then,) because Cosgrove, who was O’Hanlon’s 'cousin, lifted and washed the. body, the Sinn Feiners forced him to bid adieu to his wife and family, and shot hiy in cold 'blood outside his house. Even the Jews and Romans had not insulted the divine w,omen who washed Christ's body. The murder of Cosgrove was carried out jn a spirit of malice that sprang from a bottomless hell, and. called to Heaven for revenge. Unless the spiritual leaders of the people denounced such crimes, their palaces and temples would become the abode of foxes and owle. If he had the power, he would make the perpetrators and their children to the fourth generation serfs to Cosgrove’s widow and descendants. In conclusion, he increased the amount -of compensation from £1530 to £1750. '■
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11159, 15 March 1922, Page 6
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201A DEVILISH GRIME New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11159, 15 March 1922, Page 6
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