Sessions Disputed
Judge Richard Adams rejected demands that Limerick’s annual Quarter Sessions should be increased from four to eight when he opened the Hilary sittings at the County Courthouse. He asked the barristers and solicitors present whether any member of the local profession supported the proposed change. No one answered in its favour. Adams concluded that the agitation had arisen neither from those practising before the court nor from any clearly demonstrated public demand. He therefore refused to treat the requested increase as a necessary reform and declared that he would continue holding the four established sessions unless legislation compelled him to do otherwise.
