Copy of a memorial forwarded to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland for certain magistrates of the county ... impugning the conduct of Major Browne (government magistrate) during the late contest (Sligo) election

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Source
HC
Paper No
36
LC Subject Heading
Elections - Corrupt practices - Ireland/Great Britain.Parliament - Elections/Riots - Ireland
Breviate Keywords
Irish papers - government - parliament - elections
Publisher
HMSO
Breviate Page
248
Series
Sessional papers
Abstract
A charge of dragoons, authorised by Browne, resulted in several people being wounded at polling time. The memorialists state that there was no violence sufficient to justify such attack and no adequate warning. The incident has aroused indignation in the
Pages Sectioned
4
Start Page
551
Volume
46
Sub Volume
1
Session
1837-1838