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and
ill-health; but for
that they would have
ordered his name to be struck off the roll.
(In the matter of W. P. H., a Solicitor: British
Journal of Administrative Law, March.
1955).
LEGAL APPOINTMENTS.
The following appointments have recently been
announced :
Mr. Patrick Joseph Flynn, Solicitor, Strokestown,
Co. Roscommon, to be County Registrar for
County Roscommon.
Mr. Patrick Joseph O'Neill, Solicitor, Athy,
Co. Kildare, to be County Registrar for County
Kildare.
Mr. Edward W. Hughes, Graiguenamanagh, Co.
Kilkenny, to be State Solicitor for County Kilkenny.
Mr. Martin A. Salmon, Solicitor, Naas, Co.
Kildare, to be State Solicitor tor County Kildare.
Mr. Patrick McDowell, Solicitor, Arklow, Co.
Wicklow,
to be County Registrar for County
Wicklow.
Mr. Michael Hayes, Solicitor, 97 Middle Abbey
Street, Dublin, to be Sheriff for the City of Dublin.
Mr. Thomas G. Grotty, Solicitor, 45 Parliament
Street, Kilkenny, to be County Registrar for County
Kilkenny.
CRIMINOLOGY CONGRESS.
Four hundred Criminologists from 42 countries
attended the third International Congress which
was held in London in September.
The theme
of the Congress of this year was recidivism in
its various aspects—its causes, prognosis and
treatment. The President, Mr. Carroll, said that
today's tendency in penology was liberty, leniency
and prolonged after-care. They must always keep
in mind the need for social security and the need to
respect human rights. Dr. Hobson contributed a
paper to a symposium on homicide; he said that
murderers on trial for' their lives do not worry ;
they sleep well in prison, and are more likely to
gain weight than lose it. Some of the causes for
this state of affairs were the feeling in some cases
that the act of killing might be therapeutic in
so far as it might relieve anxieties and remove
tension resulting from unconscious conflict.
In
other cases the murderer might in some degree
identify himself with his victim. Another group
of murderers seemed
to assess
their situation
realistically and yet showed
little anxiety and
concern about the importance of the trial; knowing
that they have committed a crime they know it
is impossible for them to be acquitted and they
feel there is little to. choose between the two evils
or
execution and
long-term
imprisonment or
detention in an asylum.
In the case of some
psychopaths, the notoriety and greater publicly
attending upon them, had some glamour.
Mr. Glueck, Professor of Criminology at Harvard,
gave a preview of the findings of three years' research
in the United States
into connexion between
physique and delinquency. Taking 500 persistent
delinquents and 500 non-delinquents in the poor-
areas of Boston, as the raw material of his research
he discovered that there were twice as many of
the mesomorphic
type among
the delinquents
as among non-delinquents.
The mesomorphic
type was described as thick skinned, energetic,
impulsive, aggressive, resentful,
suspicious, un
conventional and honsubmissive to authority. He
concluded that physical type must unquestionably
be taken into account in the study of recidivism
and prevention.
Professor Clinard said there was need for future
study of the connexion between urbanization and
crime because almost everywhere in the world the
• rate of crime was greater in cities than in rural
areas.
The relationship between crime and the
'
social class should also be emphasized for not
only does white-collar crime differ from ordinary
crime in method, but also in the status of the
offender, the toleration of the public, and the
social support of the offender himself..
It will
be evident that the papers read at the Congress
were controversial enough to provide interesting
discussions.
PROCEEDINGS AGAINST
SOLICITORS.
THE Disciplinary Committee made orders on yth
September, 1955, directing
that the names of
Clifford D. O'Farrell and James H. Gorman,
Solicitors, who formerly were in partnership as
O'Farrell and Gorman at Kildare Street, Dublin,
be struck off the roll. Notice of appeal to the
Chief Justice has been given in each case.
The Disciplinary Committee made an order
on 4th November, 1955, directing that the name
of Timothy Linehan who formerly practised at
Millstreet, Co. Cork, shall be struck off the roll.
EXAMINATION RESULTS.
The following are
the
results of the Society's
Autumn Examination:
At the Preliminary Examination for intending
apprentices to solicitors held on the 6th and yth
day of September two candidates attended the
examination and were postponed.
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