Recorder of Carrickfergus
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Recorder of Carrickfergus
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The recorder of Carrickfergus was a judicial office-holder in pre-independence Ireland. The office dates from 1593, shortly after the incorporation of Carrickfergus. It was abolished by the new Government of Northern Ireland after the Partition of Ireland in 1921. The office-holder had the usual duties of a recorder: to keep the peace in the town, to act as its Chief Magistrate, and to preside at criminal trials and at Quarter Sessions, where he had the duty of explaining the law to the jury and
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recorder_of_Carrickfergus
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2023-09-13T17:23:09Z
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