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George Cashel in the Petty Sessions

As a policeman making arrests, we expect George Cashel to appear many times in the Petty Sessions in the districts in which he worked.
Petty Sessions records do not survive for most of them though.

• Findmypast has Petty Sessions records for:
  • Tipperary - Fethard - 1851-1913
  • Wexford - Ferns - 1853-1911
  • Carlow - Fenagh - 1851-1874
  • Carlow - Bagenalstown - 1851-1913

• Ancestry has Petty Sessions records for:
  • Tipperary - Fethard - 1854-1918
  • Wexford - Ferns - 1858-1923
  • Carlow - Bagenalstown - 1857-1921

The original sources at [NAI] for Bagenalstown are:

• Court order book, Bagenalstown Petty Sessions Court, County Carlow (CS/PS/1/7528) Jan 1859-Jul 1860
• Court order book, Bagenalstown Petty Sessions Court, County Carlow (CS/PS/1/7529) Aug 1860-Aug 1861
• Court order book, Bagenalstown Petty Sessions Court, County Carlow (CS/PS/1/7530) Aug 1861-Dec 1862
• Court order book, Bagenalstown Petty Sessions Court, County Carlow (CS/PS/1/7531) Jan 1863-Apr 1864
• Court order book, Bagenalstown Petty Sessions Court, County Carlow (CS/PS/1/7532) Apr 1864-Sep 1865
• Court order book, Bagenalstown Petty Sessions Court, County Carlow (CS/PS/1/7533) Oct 1865-Feb 1867
• Court order book, Bagenalstown Petty Sessions Court, County Carlow (CS/PS/1/7534) Feb 1867-Mar 1868

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Ferns, Co.Wexford, Petty Sessions

He is listed as Head Constable and as both "George Cashel" and "George Cashell".
Cases generally resulted in fines or short jail sentences.
"Complainant" usually means complainant and witness also.

Date of Petty Sessions	No.	George Cashel's role	Defendant charged with	Date of offence	Image
10 Aug 1858	191	Witness	Drunk in public at Ferns.	4 Aug 1858	p.1 and p.2
24 Aug 1858	200	Complainant	Drunk in public at Ferns.	10 July 1858	p.1 and p.2
24 Aug 1858	201	Complainant	Drunk in public at Ferns.	10 Aug 1858	p.1 and p.2
24 Aug 1858	206	Witness	Pub in Ferns was open outside allowed hours.	15 Aug 1858	p.1 and p.2
21 Sept 1858	230-231	Complainant	Assault at Ferns.	19 Sept 1858	p.1 and p.2
5 Oct 1858	253	Complainant	Contempt of court on same date.	5 Oct 1858	p.1

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Bagenalstown, Co.Carlow, Petty Sessions

He is listed as Head Constable and as both "George Cashel" and "George Cashell".
Cases generally resulted in fines or short jail sentences.
"Complainant" usually means complainant and witness also.

Date of Petty Sessions	No.	George Cashel's role	Defendant charged with	Date of offence	Image
12 Dec 1859	8	Complainant	Cruelty to a horse at Bagenalstown.	2 Dec 1859	p.1
9 Feb 1860	14	Complainant	Intoxication.	Not given	p.1
5 Mar 1860	6	Complainant	Lighting a fire on the street at Bagenalstown.	2 Mar 1860	p.1
16 Apr 1860	13	Witness	Having stones heaped on road at Bagenalstown.	12 Apr 1860	p.1
20 Aug 1860	20	Complainant	Allowing horse and cart to wander loose in Bagenalstown.	13 Aug 1860	p.1
15 Oct 1860	5	Complainant	Drunk on street in Bagenalstown.	Not given	p.1
12 Nov 1860	77	Complainant	Drunk on street in Bagenalstown.	10 Nov 1860	p.1
24 Dec 1860	14	Complainant	Drunk on street in Bagenalstown.	15 Dec 1860	p.1
4 Feb 1861	15-19	Complainant	Disturbing the peace in Bagenalstown.	22 Jan 1861	p.1
19 Aug 1861	23	Complainant	Drunk on street in Bagenalstown.	15 Aug 1861	p.1
2 Sept 1861	7	Complainant	Drunk on street in Bagenalstown.	15 Aug 1861	p.1
16 Sept 1861	11	Complainant	Goats wandering on road at Tomnasock (W of Bagenalstown).	23 Aug 1861	p.1
28 Mar 1862	12 and 13	Complainant	Assault at Ballybannon (some distance N of Bagenalstown).	16 Mar 1862	p.1
16 May 1862	40	Complainant	Drunk on street in Bagenalstown.	10 May 1862	p.1
10 Oct 1862	14-15	Complainant	Possession of fraudulent weights and measures.	18 Sept 1862	p.1
8 May 1863	3-9	Complainant	Possession of fraudulent weights and measures.	Various dates	p.1 and p.2
13 Nov 1863	39-43	Complainant	Possession of fraudulent weights and measures.	Various dates	p.1 and p.2
4 Dec 1863	22-27	Complainant	Possession of fraudulent weights and measures.	Various dates	p.1
4 Dec 1863	28	Complainant	Obstructing the towpath at Bagenalstown.	26 Nov 1863	p.1
6 Jan 1865	30-33	Complainant	Possession of fraudulent weights and measures.	23 Dec 1864	p.1 and p.2
12 May 1865	30	Complainant	Leaving horse and cart unsupervised in Bagenalstown.	3 May 1865	p.1
2 Mar 1866	10 and 11	Witness	Assault in Bagenalstown.	25 Feb 1866	p.1
2 Mar 1866	17 and 18	Complainant	Fighting on street in Bagenalstown.	25 Feb 1866	p.1
27 July 1866	34	Complainant	Leaving horse unsupervised in Bagenalstown.	20 July 1866	p.1
17 Aug 1866	33 and 34	Complainant	Possession of fraudulent weights and measures.	10 Aug 1866	p.1
7 Sept 1866	14 and 15	Complainant	Possession of fraudulent weights and measures.	28 Aug 1866	p.1