ID6274
CollectionCrown and Peace Records
ReferenceBELF/
Description

Belfast Crown and Peace, Crown files, many relating to cases of rape, abortion, infanticide, etc., dating from the late 19th-20th century. For example:
BELF/7/4/1-2 Married Women's Protection Orders, 1869-1930.

BELF/1/1/2/45/8 Belfast Crown file of Assize and Commission file relating to the arrest and charging of Dorothy Evans and Madge Muir for possession of explosive substances, 1914. Both women were office-bearers in the Women's Social and Political Union, an organisation whose members took part in arson attacks in Belfast during the militant suffragette campaign of 1913-1914.

Access restrictions apply to these papers, see the calendar in the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland for details.

AccessBy prior appointment.
Century19th, 20th
Keywords
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