Irish News September 21st  1898

IRISH NEWS SEPTEMBER 21 1898: BELFAST RECORDERS COURT: ANNUAL LICENSING SESSIONS:

Yesterday, at eleven o�clock, his Honour Mr Henry Fitzgibbon, Q.C., County Court Judge, sat in the Recorder�s Court and resumed the business of the City Sessions, taking up the annual hearing of applications for licenses. Mr Thos. Harrison, B.L., appeared on behalf of the Licensed Vintners� Association ( instructed by Mr E. Comerton, B.A., the secretary); and Mr Wilson, B.L., represented the temperance party, appearing ostensibly on behalf of Mr Wilkinson and others.

UNOPPOSED TRANSFERS:
The following unopposed transfers were sanctioned:-
Helen Adair, 10 Shankill Road, from John Armstrong;
John Atchison, 76 Sandy Row, from John Patterson;
Nathaniel Bagshaw, 13 Chichester Street. from Julia Monaghan;
George A Bennett, 22 and 24 Berry Street, from Hugh M�Quillan;
George A Bennett, 174 York Street, from Robert J Smyth (deceased);
Andrew Bradley, 6 Hill Street, from James Black;
Patrick Bradley, 81 and 83 North Queen Street, from Thomas Fox;
Ellen Brady, 11 Wellington Place (Confirmation);
Andrew Brines, 156 North Queen Street, from Arthur Donnelly;
Hugh Brolly, 147 North Queen Street, from Wm. M�Namara;
Isabella Cairns, 72 Corporation Street, from John Cairns (deceased);
James Carroll, 184 York Street, from Henry Emerson;
Daniel Clarke, 10 New Lodge Road, from John Gillen;
Patrick Conlan, 39 and 41 Valentine Street, from Felix Muldoon;
Thomas Conlan, 39 and 41 Victoria Square, from Daniel Lowrey;
Edward Connolly, 6 and 8 Carrick Hill, from Jane Adams;
Francis Convery, 158 Cromac Street, from James M�Allister;
Peter Convery, 63 May Street, from Hugh M�Nally;
Bernard Devlin, 1 Vere Street, from Henry Childs;
Bernard Devlin, 5 Hemsworth Street and Springmount Street, from Stephen Towman;
Thomas Diamond, 60 and 62 Lavinia Street, from Daniel O�Hagan;
John Dornan, 33 and 35 Mount Street, from Joseph Smyth;
Hugh Dougan, 68 North Queen Street and 1 and 3 New Lodge Road, from Francis Burns;
John Eadie(?), 291(?) York Street and Whitla Street, from George Maguire;
Benjamin L. Firth, 64 Albertbridge Road, from William Orr;
Patrick Flynn, 13 Corporation Square, from Hugh Doyle;
John Gleazer(?), 141 Shankill Road, from William Adair;
Martin Gormley, Crumlin Road, Ballysillan, from William Smyrls(?);
John Gough, 98 and 100 Falls Road, from Daniel M�Gurk;
Laurence Haughey, 20 Great George�s Street, from Margaret W Manley;
James Hogan, 65 May Street, from Bernard Graham;
Moses Hunter and Daniel Byrne, 14 Albertbridge Road, from Edward Connolly (deceased);
Arthur Redmond Jennings, 287 and 289 York Street, from Thomas Murphy;
Patrick Keenan, 145 Cromac Street, from Wm..John Heggie;
John Kelly, 27 Queens� Square, from Isabella Hatton;
Patrick Kelly, 78 and 80 Peter�s Hill, from John Quigley;
Michael Killen, 181 York Street, from Agnes M�Carthy;
Sarah Ann Kirkwood, Greencastle, from John Hughes;
Patrick Lappin, 31 and 33 Everton Street, from John Lappin;
Henry Lavery, 60 and 62 Stanhope Street, from Thomas Fox;
David Leacock, 143 (lately 127) Grosvenor Street, from David Wm. Boyd;
Mary Magee, 22 and 24 Waterford Street, from Mary Magee;
Patrick Mallaghan and John Mallaghan, 6 and 7 Donegall Quay, from Michael Trainor;
Daniel Mallon, 73 Falls Road, from Catherine Hefferon;
Patrick Murphy, 21 Little Patrick Street, from Benjamin Crowe;
Agnes M�Carthy, 23 Welsh Street and 33 and 35 Stanfield Street, from Patrick M�Keown;
Archibald M�Caughan 2, 4, 6, Melbourne Street, from William Russell;
Henry M�Closkey, 107 and 109 Old Lodge Road,and 1 and 3 Hanover Street, from Richard Magee;
Catherine M�Conville, 13 Albion Street, from Eliza Jane Rea(?);
John M�Cullough, 49 Albion Street, from Samuel Cahoon;
Matthew M�Cusker, 54 North Street, from John M�Kibbin and John M�Kibbin, jr.;
Mary Kate M�Erlean, 106 and 107 Donegall Pass, from Mary Kate Rogan;
William M�Garry, 74 Cullingtree Road, from Michael Crealy;
Thomas M�Geough, 23 Lebanon Street and 74 Louisa Street, from Arthur Blennerbassett;
James M�Grath, 72 Mill Street, from Patrick Carolan;
Francis M�Kernan, 220 York Street, from Thomas Fox;
Michael M�Laverty, 30 Alton Street, from Ambrose O�Neill;
Daniel M�Mahon, 8 Divis Street, from Patrick M�Cabe;
Patrick M�Mahon, 36 Vernon Street, from John M�Neill;
William Nicholson, 11 and 13 Commercial Court, from Thomas A Scully;
Patrick O�Hare and Bernard Maynes, 119 Millfield, from Owen M�Mullan;
Patrick O�Hara, 174 Oldpark Road, from John Armstrong;
James O�Neill, 106 and 108 M�Tier Street, from Edward O�Neill ( deceased);
John O�Neill, 1 Lord Street and 45 Thorndyke Street, from Jane M�Allen;
James Pelan, 330 Shankill Road, from Jane Branagh;
Teresa Quinn, 31 and 33 Queens� Square, from Mary Quinn ( deceased) and Teresa Quinn.
Ellen Riordan, 82 Great Patrick Street, from John Riordan (deceased);
Con Salmon, Empire Theatre of Varieties, 16 Victoria Square, from Daniel Lowrey;
Edwd. Saye, 206 and 207 Shankill Road, from Annie Hart;
Joseph Smyth, 1 and 3 Albertbridge Road, from Edward Connolly( deceased);
Mary Stewart, 49 Castle Street, from Mary Scott;
Robert Turner, 49 Grosvenor Street, from Frederick W Brown;
Robert Turner, 117 Old Lodge Road, from Margaret Carroll;
Robert Turner, 237 Shankill Road, from Jane M�Cullough.
John Ward, 79 Cromac Street, from James M�Alister;
John Bennett, 1 and 3 Copeland Street, from William Heggie.

( please note, the rest of the page was taken up with court transcripts of a few cases pertaining to the licenses ).