Hugh Holmes
Hugh Holmes | |
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.png) In The Sketch, 4 November 1896 | |
| Born | 17 February 1840 Dungannon, Ireland |
| Died | 18 April 1916 (aged 76) Dublin, Ireland |
| Education | |
| Occupation(s) | Politician, judge |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse |
Olivia Moule
(m. 1869; died 1901) |
| Children | 7 |
Hugh Holmes
Background and education
Holmes was born in
Legal and judicial career
Holmes became a
Holmes resigned from the
He appeared to be a stern judge, who did not suffer fools gladly and often imposed exceptionally severe sentences in criminal cases. Although the story is often thought to be apocryphal, Maurice Healy maintained that Holmes did once sentence a man of great age to 15 years in prison, and when the prisoner pleaded that he could not do 15 years, replied "Do as much of it as you can".[1] His judgments did, however, display some good humour and humanity, and the sentences he imposed often turned out to be less severe in practice than those he announced in Court.
The quality of his judgments was very high and Holmes, together with
Family
In 1869 Hugh Holmes married Olivia Moule, daughter of J.W. Moule of Sneads Green House,
Hugh Holmes died at his home in Dublin on 18 April 1916.[6]
References
- ^ Maurice Healy The Old Munster Circuit Michael Joseph Ltd 1939
- ^ Delaney, V.T.H. Christopher Palles Alan Figgis and Co. 1960 p. 158
- ^ Abercromby v Fermoy Town Commissioners [1900]1 I.R 302 at 314
- ^ Gairloch, the S.S., Aberdeen Glenline Steamship Co. v Macken [1899] 2 I.R. 1
- ^ Ball, F. Elrington The Judges in Ireland 1221-1921 John Murray London 1926 Vol. 2 p.377
- ^ "Obituary: Ex-Irish Lord Justice of Appeal". Evening Post. Bristol. 20 April 1916. p. 10. Retrieved 24 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography