Harding Tracy and Daniel O’Connell
In
1815 Daniel O’Connell composed a speech regarding Napoleon achievements, his
law system, the state of justice in Ireland and of particular note that Judge
Day was under the influence of Dublin Castle. Some accounts state that it was
delivered at a ‘purported’ meeting in Tralee but O’Connell later stated that it
had been held in Cork. O’Connell sent the manuscript of this speech to the
‘Mercantile Chronicle’ in Cork for publication. When the speech was published,
Mr. Saurin, the Attorney-General was determined to
prosecute and the only person he could find liable was the registered printer,
Mr. Harding Tracy. O’Connell could not be convicted as the manuscript of the
speech was destroyed, except for a part of which that later became available.
The paper was prosecuted and Tracy pleaded guilty in court in Dublin, where
O’Connell defended the case. Tracy received a two year sentence, a fine of
£300, and find security for the peace, himself in £300 and two sureties for
£200 each. Part of the sentence was later remitted but he remained in gaol from
May to December 1816. He contracted an illness in prison, which stuck to him
till his death. The Tracy family maintained that he was totally neglected by
O’Connell.
The
Proceedings of the Irish Catholic association of 1823-5, after the death of
Harding Tracy, give a rebuttal of the allegations against O’Connell.
The
Dublin Evening Post of the
11 February 1834 is a four page, five column,
broadsheet. Four column inches on page 2 and over 3/5th of the back
page are given over to the case of Harding Tracy and the “selfishness and
treachery” of O’Connell’s character.
1. There is a
synopsis of the affair.
2. There
follows an account printed in the Evening Mail shortly after Tracy’s
death. It states “Mr. O’Connell was counsel for the printer. He first
recommended the destruction of the manuscript (for fear of accidents) and then
advised him to plead guilty.” It further states that while in jail Tracy
received four pages of the manuscript of the speech from a fellow printer in
Cork which he could have used to his advantage and O’Connell’s disadvantage, which
he did not do. To the hour of his death, he never received a shilling, nor have
his family since, from O’Connell. It states that he was greatly indebted for
the help received from a fellow prisoner, the Roman Catholic barrister Mr. Eneas McDonnell.
3. There
follows on an account from the Dublin Chronicle of the next day added
the following: That Tracy never received, nor his family, even his usual wages
during the period of his imprisonment. Even in Newgate,
when he laboured for the Dublin Chronicle, a journal patronised by Mr.
O’Connell, was he paid, nor his family. On his release, he was given a position
with the Dublin Chronicle until his death.
4. There is a
reply from Daniel O’Connell delivered at a meeting of the Catholic Association
on the 3rd July 1824 in which he lays out the charges directed
against him; a) That Tracy in possessing the manuscript had O’Connell
completely in his power but refused to use it. b) That Tracy had a bed of straw
in prison and was neglected. c) That Tracy’s family was left to starve. d) That
Tracy had got an illness in prison of which he died. There is a comprehensive
reply to the charges. He stated that Tracy did not plead and was eventually
released as a result of three affidavits stating that O’Connell was not connected
with the publication. O’Connell paid a half guinea a week for a good bed and
also got Mr. McDonnell to help him. He paid 32 to 40 shillings for his board.
During his imprisonment his wages at the Mercantile Chronicle was paid to his
wife every week. Tracy died seven years after being released from jail.
5. There was a
copy of a letter sent to the papers by Eliza Tracy the wife of Harding Tracy.
She stated that the report of the speech published stated that the purported
meeting was held on the 14th April 1815 in a south Parish Chapel of
Cork. The manuscript was copied by a living near relative of hers. She states
that her husband “Intoxicated by flattering promises, and led away by wily
persuasion, he was induced to leave his home and plead guilty to the charge”.
Her husband was sentenced on the 18th May 1816. Again, he was
seduced in believing that he would be liberated in a few weeks, his fines paid,
his family would be afforded every comfort. The promises were not kept and his
wages were stopped. She heard that her husband was dangerously ill, and to ask
friends for the money to travel to see him. He was in a bad state. Due to the generosity of Mr. McDonnell until his removal. for the first four months he had breakfast and dined with
him. He paid for his own bed. His family in Cork received only £3. In jail, he
was employed as compositor for the ‘Dublin Chronicle’, in combination with his
son, for which he was still owed the bulk of the wages. After his release, an
application for aid from O’Connell for a “few pounds”, was replied with two
guineas, which is all the support that was ever received from O’Connell.
6. There was a
statement from his son. He had an interview with Mr. McDonnell in Kilmainham jail. Mr. McDonald said that O’Connell had
pleaded poverty for not having done something for your family and that £400
would not compensate the family for the sacrifices they had made. He said that
he had not contradicted O’Connell’s account because they were in dispute and
that it would have been attributed to that circumstance. A letter addressed to
Dr. Coyne, to rectify the situation was given to the son including the sum of
£10.
7. There is a
short paragraph stating that Dr. England, owner of the Cork Mercantile
Chronicle, had contradicted O’Connell’s account to Tracy’s friends.
8. It is then
stated that O’Connell had sent a letter of apology to a relative of Judge Day.
9. There is
then an account of two letters sent by Harding Tracy to Mr. O’Connell. The
first received no reply and the second resulted in the messenger being abused.
10. It concludes
by stating that it was Judge Day’s intercession that secured Harding Tracy
release.
Fagan,
in the main, backs O’Connell account of events. He states that Harding Tracy
was of strong Tory connections. He names the person who found part of the
manuscript as a Mr. Higgins. He states that while in jail, Harding Tracy was
employed as compositor for the ‘Dublin Chronicle’ at a wage of over four pounds
a week. In addition he states that Harding Tracy son George Tracy, who was an
apprentice there had his wages raised. He states that O’Connell secretly aided
Harding Tracy. In 1824, after Harding Tracy’s death, the ‘Correspondent’ the
paper that he and his son George had worked on after his imprisonment, charged that
O’Connell had allowed him to pine in jail, of letting his family starve and of
refusing him all assistance when he was released from jail. His son, George,
tried to establish the case against O’Connell. Fagan goes on to state that
Harding, on his return to Cork, was catechised by his brother printers, and
also stated that he had nothing to complain about O’Connell at Mr. Haly’s own dinner table.
Keenan
states that Frederick Conway had a different impression of O’Connell’s conduct.
Conway recounted the affair of Harding Tracy in the Dublin Evening Post on 11 February 1834. That O’Connell
was not a bit worried if those who tried to assist him or took his legal advice
ended up in gaol. He always wanted to continue the legal struggle in their
behalf, regardless of the risks, they not he, ran. But on no account would he pay to get them
out of prison. This had happened with the editor of the Dublin Evening Post, John Magee in 1814, Harding Tracy the printer
in 1815, and Edward Hay in 1819. Conway, like the Earl of Donoughmore,
was a staunch anti-vetoist. It states that many other
Catholics came to the same conclusions about O’Connell at the same time.
Dublin Evening
Post, 11th February 1834 p.2 & 4
Fagan, William Trant
(1847) The Life and Times of Daniel
O'Connell. O’Brien, Cork. Vol. 1, p.307-9
Freemans Journal 5 & 14 July 1824
Keenan, Desmond
(2002) The Grail of Catholic Emancipation
Proceedings in Dublin, May 13, 1823 to Feb. 11, 1825 -
Irish Catholic assoc - 1825 - 80 pages
Royal Irish Academy
12 W 13 (120) Eliza Tracy,
July 1824
Newspaper clippings,
reporting on the imprisonment of Harding Tracy, editor of the Cork Mercantile
Chronicle for publishing a libelous speech [penned by
Daniel O'Connell] against the administration of justice and Judge [Robert] Day
and O'Connell's apparent lack of compassion and support towards Mrs. Tracy
during her husband's incarceration. With published copy of Mrs. Tracy's
statement, written 19 July 1824 from Crow street, Dublin confirming her husband
has been deceived by "deceitful assurances" motivating him to plead
guilty to the libel charge and acknowledging the "kind assistance" of
Judge Day is securing an early release for her husband and arranging a private
room for Harding while interned in Newgate (Gaol).
12 W 13 (137) Eliza Tracy, 20
February 1834, 22 February 1834.
Newspaper clippings,
reporting on the imprisonment of Harding Tracy, editor of the Cork Mercantile
Chronicle for publishing a libelous speech [penned by
Daniel O'Connell] against the administration of justice and Judge [Robert] Day
and O'Connell's apparent lack of compassion and support towards Mrs. Tracy
during her husband's incarceration. With published copy of Mrs. Tracy's
statement, Dublin confirming her husband had been mislead and as a consequence
pleaded guilty to a libel charge "a crime of another" and
acknowledging the "kind assistance" of Judge Day is securing an early
release for her husband and arranging a private room for Harding while interned
in Newgate (Gaol). With overview of an interview
between Mr. Tracy’s son and [Eneas] MacDonnell
(McDonnell), a roommate of Tracy’s when interned at Newgate
(Gaol).
Birth, Marriage and Death
Notices:
Harding Tracy (1775 Cork-1823
Dublin) m. Eliza Hurly (b. 1779) 1800 Cork (LDS)
May 29, 1823
Westmeath Journal - Death
On the 21st instant, at No. 15, Crow-street, Mr. Harding Tracy, many years
Printer of the Dublin Correspondent.
May 24, 1831
(FJ) Marriages
In St. Mary's Church, on Sunday, the
15th instant, by the Reverend Mr. Kelly, John Geary to Anne [Sophia] Tracy of Capel-street, in this city.
1831 Sophia [Anne?] Tracy and John Geary (Marriage
Licence)
October 11, 1852 (FJ) Death
September 18, was drowned,
while bathing in the Scioto river, Columbus, Ohio,
United States of America, John George, second son of John Geary, Esq, proprietor of The Capital City Fact newspaper, and
nephew of the Messrs. Tracy, 32 Lower Sackville street,
in this city, in the 17th year of his age.
July 11, 1857 (FJ) Marriage
June 17, at Fremont, Ohio,
United states, America, by the Rev. Mr. Bushuell,
Richard Harding Geary, Esq, eldest son of Colonel
John Geary, late of this city, and grandson of the late Harding Tracy, Esq, to Miss Fannie Haynes.
7 May 1862
(FJ) Battle of Pittsburgh
...lost their lives at Pittsburgh...Captain Harding C.
Geary, son of John Geary, of the Capital City Fact, Columbus...- Cincinnati
Inquirer (The gallant young officer above alluded to was the nephew of the
Messrs. Tracy, of 32, Sackville-street, in this city.)
4 May 1863
(FJ) Death
April 13, at Columbus, Ohio, U.S. America, after a
short illness, Sophia, wife of
Colonel John Geary, daughter of the late Mr. Harding Tracy, of Cork, and sister
of the Messrs. Tracy of Sackville-street, in this city. Her untimely loss is
deeply regretted by her sorrowing family and a large circle of friends who knew
her kindly disposition.
George R Tracy;
Cork City COR>Dublin DUB IRL; Cork Examiner (COR IRL); 1856-10-31; dja
1 November 1856 (N) Death. Tracey - Oct 29 at 32 Lower
Sackville street, Mr.
George R Tracey, eldest son of the late Mr Harding Tracey of Cork.
October 30, 1856 (FJ) Death
October 29, at 32 Lower
Sackville street, Mr. George R. Tracy, eldest son of
the late Mr. Harding Tracy of Cork.
31 October 1856 The Cork Examiner,
Oct. 29, at 32, Lower Sackville-street, Dublin, Mr. George R. Tracy,
eldest son of the late Mr. Harding Tracy, of Cork.
Mr. Richard Tracy
Tracy - On the 21st instant
[February 1860], at his residence, 32 Lower Sackville street, Dublin, Mr. Richard Tracy, second son of the
late Harding Tracy, of Cork. He during life maintained a high ch??? for unresisting prolity, and his loss will be deeply felt by his sorrowing
relations, and ??? circle of friends, who knew and
appreciated his many kindly qualities.
23 Feb 1860 (BL) Deaths
February 21, at his
residence, no.32 Lower Sackville Street, Dublin, Mr. Richard Tracy, second son
of the late Mr. Harding tracy,
of Cork.
Harding Charles Tracy, Esq., formerly of 32, Sackville-street, Lower,
Dublin, youngest son of the late Harding Tracy, Esq., of Cork. October 5, in Columbus, Ohio, United States America, The Cork Examiner, 1st or 2nd November 1865
1 November
1865 (FJ) & 4 November 1865 (N) Deaths
Tracey - October 5, in Columbus, Ohio, United States
America, Harding Charles Tracey, Esq., formerly of 32 Sackville-street, Lower,
youngest son of the late Harding Tracy, Esq, of Cork,
deeply and sadly lamented by his sorrowing family and friends. His remains were
interred in Greelawn Cemetery, about two miles from
the city.
22 May 1869
(FJ) Death
May 20, after a lingering illness, Mr. James Tracy, of the firm of Tracy,
Brothers, 32 Lower Sackville-street, fondly beloved
and deeply regretted by his sorrowing sister.
February 27,
1892 News from Ireland
Tracy - At 33 Lower O'Connell street,
January 29, Harriet Tracy, aged 80? years.
1809 Report of the Pipe Water Commissions, Cork
City
Harding
Tracey, Half Moon St., £36/0/0
1814-5 Finance Accounts
Arrears of Advertisment Duty due by Printers
of Newspapers in the Country
Tracey, Mercantile Chronicle, £52 [Cork?]
17 December 1816 (FJ) Provincial Intelligence
Cork, Dec.
14. Mr. Harding Tracy, late Printer of the Cork Mercantile Chronicle, has been
liberated from imprisonment.
1818 (147) The finance
accounts
Arrears of
Newspapers, Messrs Tracy, Cork M. Chronicle, £30.2.6
1819 The finance accounts
Arrears due by Printers of Newspapers in the Country...Tracey, Cork Mer. Chronicle, £27...
1824 The finance
accounts
Arrear due by printers in Dublin...G.R. Tracey, Correspondent, £56.6.10 farthing
1825 & 1826 Commissioners for Auditing Public Accounts in
Ireland
Stamp Duty - Arrears due by Printers of Newspapers in Dublin
"Correspondent", G.R. Tracey, £61/0/9 & £70/18/5.5
1826-1827 Dublin Directory
Richard Tracy, merchant tailor, 30 Capel St
December 15, 1841 (FJ) Letter
Mr. George Tracy,
sub-editor of the Evening Packet [1828?]
July 15, 1829 to June 19, 1856 (FJ) Market and Grand Jury Dublin
...Richard Tracy...
January 23, 1830 (FJ)
Dublin Corporation - Quarter Assembly
Mr. M'Cleery moved that the board be requested to re-consider the resolution, refusing the freedom to Mr. Tracy, a respectable merchant tailor, and the son of Mr. Harding Tracy, who, as they were all aware, fell a victim to designing demagogues, and was literally murdered in Newgate (hear). The motion having been seconded, passed unanimously. [Freedom of the City]
1830 Valuation of the City of Dublin - Parish of St. Andrew
15 Crowe-street, Tracey, value
£32/10/0, 14th class, £0/9/2.75 Minister's money, 3 stories small rere.
1830-1836 Dublin Directory
Richard Tracy, merchant tailor, 38 Capel St
G. Richard Treacy, freeman, Christmas
1835, 5 March 1835
George R. Tracey, £1, service, merchant admitted to Freedom of
Guilds 12 January 1835
George Richard Tracy, 38 Capel-street,
merchant, freeman, 23/30 May & 2 June 1835
Richard Tracey, claim by grace, passed 5 Oct 1829 p.166, sworn 11
June 1830 - Corporation of Tailors
Richard Tracy 30 October 1832
Richard Tracy, 38 Capel-street,
clothier, leaseholder, £10, 11 Aug 1835
1837-1839 Dublin Directory
Richard & J Tracy, mens mercers, 70 Dame St
20 July 1838 (FJ) Liverpool July Meeting
...Irish sporting friends to cross the channel...G. and R. Tracy...
1840-1843
Dublin Directory
R & J Tracy, mens mercers, 32 Lr Sackville St
1841-1843
Dublin Directory
George & Harding Tracy, general printing office, 32 Lr Sackville St
R & J Tracy, mens mercers, 32 Lr Sackville St
8 June 1842 (NG) Present State of Tipperary. As regards agrarian outrages - their nature origin, and increase, considered - with suggestions for remedial measures, respectfully submitted to the Right Hon. Lord Elliot M.P. by a magistrate of the county. - Dublin:- G. R. Tracy - Price one shilling.
10 May 1843 (CE)
Shipping?
...G. R. Tracy, 32, Lr. Sackville-street. Dublin, and sold by...
October 3, 1842 (FJ)
...printers
for the corporation...Tracy...
1844-
Dublin Directory
Brothers Tracy, printers & men’s mercers, 32 Sackville St lower
The
special jury panel for 1844 as delivered by David Charles LaTouche,
Esq, AB High Sheriff of Dublin this evening
Richard Tracey, 32 Lower Sackville street, merchant tailor
1848-51 Griffiths Valuation Dublin
Brothers Tracey, 32 Sackville Street Lower St. Thomas Dublin
Endowed School of the Corporation of Tailors, or
Guild of St. John the Baptist
In 1840, when the Municipal Corporations Bill was pending, a return as to the Gild property was made, and on its passing it was resolved that the Gild's estate should be vested in trustees, members of the churches of England and Scotland, for the religious and general education of children of freemen of the Gild and other freemen of the city. Twelve trustees were appointed, three of whom were to hold the keys of the archives. They were Richard Tracy, William Mooney, David McCleery, Thomas J. Quinton, Allan Ellison, Wm. Roberts, James McMullen, George Macdona, Robert Singleton, John Whitty, Rev. Alex. Deeper, Charles Brien, Rev. T. D. Gregg (added), Robert Jackson, treasurer, Lewis de Zouche, secretary. On 9th April, 1841, a Deed conveying the Gild property to the above-named trustees was executed... On the abolition of the gilds in 1841, the Hall passed into the hands of the Trustees of the Tailors' Endowed School, which was transferred in 1873 to the Merchants' Hall, Wellington Quay...In 1840-1 Richard Tracy was Master of the guild...
Henry F. Berry (1918) The
Merchant Tailors' Gild: That of St John the Baptist, Dublin, 1418-1841. The
Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Sixth Series, Vol. 8,
No. 1 (Jun. 30, 1918), pp. 19-64
6 Jan 1896 (BL) Winter Ehibittion
at the Royal Academy
...large silver
tankard...made in Dublin in 1680 for the Guide of Merchant Tailors...on the
handle..."Repaired A.D. 1841. Richard Tracy Master Wm
Mooney Warden John Jones S."
February 14, 1848 (FJ) Houses and Lands
The Trustees of the
school and Charities established by the Guild of St. John, hereby give Notice, that the Lease of the property comprising of the Houses
respectively numbered
129, 130, 131, 132
in Church street
28, 29 and 30 Bow street
and the entire of the houses and Premises now
standing on both sides of Bedford street in the City of Dublin
will expire on the 25th day of March 1848.
Persons desirous to become tenants for same, or any part thereof, are invited
to send in their proposals, addressed to the Treasurer, Mr. Richard Tracy, No. 32 Lower Sackville street, Dublin before the 1st day of
March. Dated this 10th day of February 1848.
February 1860 (IT) Endowed School of the Corporation of Tailors, or
Guild of St. John the Baptist, Back-Lane, Dublin
Wanted for the
above school, a fully qualified Protestant Master. The course of instruction
embraces Mathematics and a complete English and Mercantile Education, together
with the rudiments of the Greek and Latin Classics. A Graduate of T.C.D. and
one having a wife or female relative who must reside on the premises, will
receive a decided preference. It is particularly requested that no gentleman
will apply who is attending or will thereafter attend, Divinity Lectures, or
who cannot give unquestionable proofs of his moral and religious character as
well as his scholastic attainments. Applications with copies of testimonials
must be sent to the Trustees, care of the Treasurer, Richard Tracy, Esq., 32
Lower Sackville-street, Dublin, before the 26th inst. The gentleman
appointed would be required to enter on his duties early in March.
September 1862 Endowed School of the Corporation of Tailors,
or Guild of St. John the Baptist
The trustees of this excellent
school, founded by the late Richard Tracy, Esq., of 32, Lower Sackville-street,
in the year 1841, met at their board-room, Back-lane yesterday. After the
general business was over, Mr. James Tracy, in a short but pithy speech, on the
Classical Education in Schools in general, and in particular the Irish
Language, proposed to pay an Irish teacher out of his own pocket, and likewise
to furnish a short-hand writer to instruct the boys. The meeting then adjourned.
1850 Thoms
Directory of Ireland
Tracy Brothers, 32 Sackville Street Lower, woollen drapers, merchant tailors, hosiers, etc
Tracy Brothers, 32 Sackville St Lower (woollen
drapers)
1851 Census
Rich Tracey, 32 Sackville St Lr, Dublin City
The Racing Calendar for the Year 1851 by Robert J. Hunter,…Printed for the Proprietor by: George R. Tracy, 32, Sackville-Street And sold at the Publisher’s Office, No.1, North Cumberland-Street; ...1852
March 5, 1850 (FJ) Sporting - Tallaght Steeple Chases
...Judge, Mr. G. Tracy...
April 6, 1850 (FJ) Sporting - Dollymount Races
...Judge, Mr. G. Tracy...
May 27, 1850 (FJ) Sporting - Sandymount Races
...Judge, Mr. G. Tracy...
October 8, 1850 (FJ) Irish
Metropolitan Steeple-chases
Subscribers...G R Tracy...
December 26, 1850 (FJ) Tallaght Steeple Chases
The stewards, in order to prevent deception have directed Mr. G. Tracy,
the authorised printer, to publish the cards of these races.
March 10, 1851 (FJ) Kilcock Steeple Chases
The only genuine cards of the races are published by G.R. Tracy
December 11, 1851 (FJ) Confy Castle Steeple Chase
The Tracy Stakes - Hanicap
Sweepstakes, 5 sovs each, 1 sov
enterence, 50 sovs added by George R. Tracy, Esq., Dublin, Printer to the
Turf Club. Three miles over Confy
Castle course.
March 24, 1852 (FJ) Palmerstown Hunt Steeple Chases
All information respecting these races to be obtained from Mr. G.R.
Tracy, at the Metropolitan Sporting
Printing Office, 32, Lower Sackville-street, Dublin.
1852 The Racing Calendar for the Year 1851
by Robert J. Hunter,…Printed for the Proprietor by: George R. Tracy, 32, Sackville-Street
October 4, 1854 (FJ) Citizens
Gold Challenge Cup
...Mr. GR Tracey handed in from a worthy citizen, Mr. Wm Egan, grocer, Summerhill, half a sovereign (hear, hear)...
The Racing Calendar for the
Year 1854 by Hunter, Robert J.
Printers: Treacy,
Dublin
September 18, 1852 (FJ) The late Fire in
Dawson street
...donations received...Mr.
George R. Tracy, Sackville street £1; Mr. Richard Tracy, do, £1; Mr. James
Tracy, do, £1;...
August 25, 1855 (FJ) Dublin Citizens' Gold
Cup
Subscriptions were
handed in:- Messrs GR Tracy and - Tracy, Brothers,
Sackville street £1 each;...
1856 Richard Tracy, Sackvill
Street, Printer (Intestacy) [??? George See obituary]
January 19, 1857 (FJ) One Pound Reward
Lost on Friday
evening last, between the railway station at Salt Hill and the Antient Concerts Hall, great Brunswick-street, an Antique
gold bracelelet, set with five pink topizes. Whoever will return it to Mr. Tracy, 32 Lower
Sackville street, will receive one pound reward. 17th
January 1857.
June 18, 1857 (FJ) The
Gas Question
...Richard Tracy, 32
Lower Sackville street...
September 12, 1857 (FJ) Gold Watch Lost
Yesterday afternoon
(Friday) supposed in a shop in Grafton street, a
Lady's Gold Geneva Watch (Stauffor, Geneva, Makor) attached to a drop chain with a bunch of charms,
gold dial and spider hands. A reward of one pound will be given on restoration
to Mr. Tracy, 32 Lower Sackville street. Saturday 12th
September 1847.
10 August 1861 (FJ) Four Courts
George Miller, detained at the
suit of Harriet Tracey and James Tracey, a lunatic, by his next friend, the said Harriet Tracey.
9 December 1861 (FJ)
Court of Common Pleas - George Miller v. Harriet Tracey
This was an action for malicious
arrest of the plaintiff on a judge’s fiat. The defense
was a plea of justification. It appeared that the plaintiff had been an
assistant in the establishment of Messrs. Cannock, White and Co. And that he
agreed to take a shop and premises in Sackville street,
at a tearly rent of £117. He accordingly lodged with
Mr. Bergin, solicitor, the sum of £58, two quarters rent in advance, and sold
goods to the brother of the defendant of the third quarter rent. He was
subsequently arrested on a judges fiat, which had been
obtained on the authority of a statement made by a shop-woman in his employment
that he was going to America. An application was subsequently, made to Mr.
Justice Hayes for his discharge, and it being shown that the statement was
unfounded, he was accordingly discharged. The action was brought for this
alleged malicious arrest.
9/10 December 1861 George Miller V. Harriette
Tracy
This was an action to recover
damages, laid at £1000 for false imprisonment. The plaintiff became the tenant
of the defendant for the shop and part of the house 32, Lower Sackville-street,
at an annual rent of £117, payable quarterly, when he commenced business as a
draper. A fire broke out in the house some time afterwards, after which the
plaintiff did not carry on business. The defendant caused him to be arrested on
the 7th of August last for a sum of £72/15/0, the balance of rent which she
alleged to be due, and he was detained in custody until the October following.
The plaintiff alleged that the arrest was made maliciously, and that the amount
claimed for rent was not due by him, as he had supplied goods to a large amount
to the brother of the defendant, who owned one half of the house. She pleaded
that her brother was not of sound mind, that the plaintiff was aware of this,
and that she had warned him not to give any goods to her brother. She also
stated that the Plaintiff had disposed of his property and intended to
immigrate. The jury found for the defendant.
Harriett Tracy, Miss, (90l). 32
Sackville-street, Upper.
James Tracy, esq,
32 Sackville street lower
August 1862 The Freeman Franchise
Sir, Having been a registered
Freeman of this city since the year 1840[?], and having since then
uninterruptedly exercised the Parliamentary franchise, I was very much
astonished at finding that a notice of objection had been left at my house, and
purporting to bear signatures of Matthew McKeon, of 34 Montgomery street, I
went to that address, and a notice of removal being posted thereon, I enquired,
and was told that no person of that name resided there. I have for many years
been a resident in Sackville street, and have acted as treasurer of the
"North Dock Ward Protestant Club" and displaced many Radical
Franchise seekers, which fact may perhaps account for the petty malignity
displayed by a person totally unknown to me, and who shields himself under a
false address, and for all that I know, under a false name.
I am sir, your obedient servant.
James Tracy, 32 Lower Sackville street.
7 July 1870 (FJ) Jervis street Hospitals
...1s...Miss Tracy, Sackville street...
Jul 1870 Jervis Street Hospital
...donations...Miss
Tracy, Sackville street...
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January 2012