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[Alvean Jones] The Irish Independent newspaper, of 29 August 1905,

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Which fell on a Tuesday, made reference to an incident which occurred one Sunday.

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A Deaf woman (described as 'Deaf and Dumb”), whose name was Catherine Doyle, lived at St Mary's in Cabra.

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(Photograph of St Mary's in Cabra)

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(Map of Ireland)

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Catherine looked up and saw a man walk on the wall with a sack on his back.

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She got a fright and clapped loudly to get the attention of the caretaker.

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He looked up and took chase. He tried running after the burglar.

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The problem was that the burglar, Patrick Byrne, was simply too fast and sped off into the distance.

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He was too fast for the caretaker, who gave up.

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The burglar ran in the direction of the Phoenix Park.

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(Photo of Phoenix Park)

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In the Phoenix Park, Patrick bumped into Constable D117.

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The constable asked him what he was doing.

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Hemming and hawing, Patrick claimed that a man with a dog that was chasing him,

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and that was why he was running with fear.

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The constable, suspicious, examined the bag that Patrick Byrne was carrying.

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Seeing that it contained various items of clothing from St Mary's, Cabra,

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he knew that the man was up to no good

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At the North Police Court, the deaf woman gave her testimony under oath, as a witness.

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In her testimony she revealed she saw the accused drop a pair of boots while running away.

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The Judge, Mr Mahony, after deliberation, issued his verdict:

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Mr Byrne was to