CHARGES OF BARON SMITH: Also Addresses, Presented to Him; and His Answers; Together with a Report of the Two Debates in the House of Commons, Upon His Case; and an Appendix

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PRESENTATION COPY OF AN INTERESTING ACCOUNT OF ANGLO-IRISH RELATIONS IN THE EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY. PRESENTATION COPY. xvi, 544pp, clxxxiv appendix Debate in the House of Commons, marbled endpapers and edges, pages clean, contemporary full smooth calf with gilt borders and dentelle, neatly rebacked, front joint weak but still attached. Presentation copy with ink inscription on prelim opposite title page "To the Right Honorable Sir William Mahon, Bart Master of the Rolls in Ireland. this volume is presented, with sentiments of respect and regard, by W. C. Smith, June 19th 1834" The appendix carries a full account of the debates in the House of Commons, 13th Feb 1834, on a motion by Mr Daniel O'Connell for a select Committee to inquire into the conduct of Judge Smith, Motion approved, (Majority 93), and of the debate, 21st Feb 1834, on a motion to rescind the Inquiry, Motion approved, (Majority 6). Sir William Cusack-Smith (1766-1836) was called to the Irish Bar in 1788, became King's Counsel in 1795 and Solicitor General for Ireland in 1800. An eccentric judge, he offended the radical Daniel O'Connell, who raised the motion to enquire into his conduct in the House of Commons. Size: 8.75 X 5.25 Inches. N° de ref. del artículo 015677

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