H. J. Robinson

H. J. Robinson

Editor of the Irish Petty Sessions Journal. The Irish Petty Sessions Journal was a monthly paper printed by John
Robinson, Pettigo, and published by H. J. Robinson who was clerk of Pettigo Petty Sessions. It was a journal for magistrates, clerks, solicitors and the Royal Irish Constabulary. It appeared from October 1st 1893 until January 1897.
The subjects covered were the leading cases decided at Petty Sessions throughout Ireland, assaults, appeals, cases stated, Exchequer Division, Employer’s and Workmen’s Act, Food and Drugs Act, pharmacy prosecutions and Queen’s Bench Division. It is an important window into the operation of the legal system in Ireland in late Victorian times.