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believed they would do what was right and
proper.
It was a first offence, an offence
ignorantly committed, and an offence in the
committing of. which the defendant had
apparently the sanction of
the resident
magistrate. They could not, therefore, blame
the defendant for not knowing the law when
a resident magistrate did not know it.
Results of Examinations.
Ax the Preliminary Examination held upon
5th and 6th October, the following passed the
examination, and their names are arranged
in order of merit:—
1. Samuel Love.
2. James Morrow.
3. Edward J. Ryan.
William F. Clare passed
the modified
Preliminary Examination, for which he had
liberty to present himself.
Six candidates attended :
four passed;
two were postponed.
At
the
Intermediate Examination
for
Apprentices to Solicitors held upon the 9th
October, the following passed the examina-
tion :—
CLASS I.
1. John Early.
2. William Devoy.
CLASS II.
John M. Ford.
Six candidates attended :
three passed ;
three were postponed.
At the Final Examination, held upon the
10th, llth and 12th of October, the following
passed the examination, and their names are
arranged in order of merit:—
1. William J. McCarthy.
2. John O'Hanrahan.
3. Matthew P. Kearney.
4. Joseph P. G. Guy
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Patrick S. McGrath, B.A.,
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6. Austin Cullen.
7. James Meagher, B.A., N.U.I.
8. Francis J. Alien.
9. George H. Pollock.
The Council awarded a Gold Medal to
William J. McCarthy and a Silver Medal to
John O'Hanrahan.
Ten candidates attended :
nine passed ;
one was postponed.
Findlater Scholarship.
THE Findlater Scholarship for 1916 has been
awarded to Jeremiah J. Creed, B.A., N.U.I.
Dates of Examinations.
THE following are the dates of the January,
1917, Examinations :—
January 2nd, 3rd and 4th—Final Examina
tion (notice to be lodged by intending
candidates in the Secretary's Office on
or before llth December).
January 8th and 9th—Preliminary Exam
ination (notice to be lodged by intending
candidates in the Secretary's Office on
or before 18th December).
The County and City of Limerick Sessional
Bar Association.
The Fifth Annual General Meeting of this
Association was held on the 7th of October,
1916, in the rooms of the Association, at the
Court House, Limerick.
The
following
members were present:—Mr. T. H. Kenny
(in the chair) ;
and Messrs. M. D. McCoy,
J. A. Doyle, C. Ebrill, J. S. Gaffney (Crown
Solicitor), J. J. Power, P. T. Liston, B.
Barrington, E. Hunt, H. Blackall, and A.
Blood-Smyth;
the Secretary, Mr.
J. J.
Dundon, being unavoidably absent.
The
correspondence having been dealt with, the
election of Officers and Committee for the
year 1916-17 was proceeded with, with the
following result :—
President,
John Ryan.
Treasurer,
T. H.
Kenny.
Secretary,
J. J. Dundon.
Committee.—
B. Barrington, John Condon,
Newcastle West; J. J. Dodds, LL.D. ;
and
J. S. Gaffney, Crown Solicitor.
Matters of general interest to the pro
fession having been discussed, the meeting
adjourned, after having decided that the
Annual Dinner should not take place in view
of the war.