Notice from the Coroner, MJ Horgan, and 12 of the Jurors at the Coroner's Inquisition at Cork Male Prison into the death of John Twiss, of Castleisland, Kerry, hanged at Cork Prison in 1895 for the agrarian murder of John/James Donovan in April 1894.
TitleNotice from the Coroner, MJ Horgan, and 12 of the Jurors at the Coroner's Inquisition at Cork Male Prison into the death of John Twiss, of Castleisland, Kerry, hanged at Cork Prison in 1895 for the agrarian murder of John/James Donovan in April 1894.
ReferenceU4/13
Date
9 Feb 1895
Production date 1895 - 1895
Scope and Content12 of the 19 Jurors who swore that John Twiss died in the prison by hanging (in obedience to a sentence of death pronounced on him on the 9th of January by the Lord Chief Baron) together with MJ Horgan the Coroner, give notice that 'in face of the solemn dying declaration made by the deceased before execution on the gallows at Cork Gaol this morning, and the evidence on Oath of the Prison Chaplain, the Medical Officer, and the Governor, we hereby express our belief in the prisoner's innocence, and consider this case was one in which the perogative of mercy should have been exercised...'. Also says the practice of holding 'private magisterial enquiries within the Gaol...in the absence of the prisoners legal adviser... highly prejudicial to the interests of justice', and also that 'we consider the system by which police officials are allowed to interrogate and tamper with prisoners awaiting trial'.
(Twiss received a Presidential Pardon in c2018)
(Twiss received a Presidential Pardon in c2018)
Extent2pp
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