The Kirwan case : illustrating the danger of conviction on circumstantial evidence, and the necessity of granting new trials in criminal cases.

Date:
1853
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Credit: The Kirwan case : illustrating the danger of conviction on circumstantial evidence, and the necessity of granting new trials in criminal cases. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    POST COPY. THE KIRWAN ILLUSTRATING THE DANGER OF CONVICTION ON (Circumstantial (Cnikncc, AND THE NECESSITY OF GRANTING NEW T^J^^cfTS CRIMINAL CASm'^'^ ^ “ .So long as tlie leaat doubt exists as to Iht aet, there can be no certainty as to the criminal agent—Starkie on Evidence. Tills is a conviction for murder, where no murder has been proved to have been com- mitted.—True—it was not sworn that the body of Mrs. Kirwan was the body of a murdered woman.—of a Letter from Mr, Dennis. Foreman of the Jury who con~ victed Kirtoan. published in “ Saunders' News Letter,'' January 10, 1863. DUBLIN; JAMES BERNARD GILPIN, 59, DAME STREET. 1853. Price One Shilling.