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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Dublin => Topic started by: grizzly1 on Monday 24 June 24 23:39 BST (UK)
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In 1896 Mary Lacken lived at 15 Balls lane off Arran St East in Dublin, Mary sold fish and would gut her fish in the back yard of her home at Balls lane, in May 1896 Mary would lose her temper with her teenage son John aged 15 after he constantly complained about his breakfast that morning, Mary threw a pair of large scissors she was using at her son and sadly one of the blades embedded in his back, she instantly regretted her actions and pulled the scissor blade from his back,but the lad ran a short distance from his home and eventually dropped to the ground a short distance away, despite been aided by a local policeman he sadly died before he reached a nearby hospital.
Mary was arrested but im at a loss to discover what became of her, hopefully someone may have access to newpaper article which may have covered the case in late May 1896.
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Hi,
Have you seen this?
https://www.rootschat.com/links/01t97/
Lots of information there, it might give you some ideas of where to check it.
Regards,
Daisy
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I can see her prison record at FindMyPast and Ancestry "Irish Prison Registers 1790-1924" so that seems correct :)
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Thar’s a very sad story but a really good find. Well done.
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Grizzly
The edition of the Irish Times for the 19th May 1896 reported on Page 2 that Mary Lacken killed her son Patrick at 15 Ball's Lane. John Lacken (Father- Horse Dealer) was a witness
Felix Quaxer
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Hi,
Have you seen this?
https://www.rootschat.com/links/01t97/
Lots of information there, it might give you some ideas of where to check it.
Regards,
Daisy
Thank you for pointing me to that Daisy, put's all the info regs the family before, during and after the sad incident into view.