Note: I have only included trials where I am sure that the defendant was 'our' Patrick (Patrick Rock not being an uncommon name).
Trial date: 11th June 1901
Offence: Drunk & Disorderly on public street 31st May. First offence in 12 months.
Fine: 5/- Costs: 1/- Default of payment: 7 days in Kilmainham Gaol Warrant if issued: 6d
Trial date: 20th August 1901
Offence: Drunk on public street 10th August. Second offence in 12 months.
Fine: 5/- Costs: 1/- Default of payment: 7 days in Kilmainham Gaol Warrant if issued: 6d
Trial date: 14th November 1904
Offence: Drunk & Disorderly on public street 13th November.
Fine: 5/- Costs: 1/- Default of payment: 7 days without hard labour in Kilmainham Gaol Warrant if issued: 6d
Trial date: 1st May 1905
Offence: Did make use of violent, abusive, and obscene language to the annoyance of persons in and passing along public street 1st April 1905
Fine: 1/- Costs: 1/- Default of payment: 7 days in Kilmainham Gaol Warrant if issued: 6d
Trial date: 26th June 1905
Offence: Assaulted Joseph Rock 28th May 1905
Fine: 2/6 Costs: 1/- Default of payment: 48 hours in Kilmainham Gaol Warrant if issued: 6d
Trial date: 25th September 1905 Patrick Rock of Castleknock
Offence: Drunk on public road in Knockmaroon 17th September
Fine: 2/6 Costs: 1/- Paid in court
Trial date: 17th September 1906 Patrick Rock of Castleknock. Defendant did not appear in court.
Offence: Assaulted police constable at St Lawrence 25th August
Punishment: 1 calendar month with hard labour in Kilmainham Gaol
Offence: Drunk & Disorderly on public street 25th August
Fine: 2/6 Costs: 1/- Default of payment: 24 hours in Kilmainham Gaol
Offence: Assaulted police sergeant 25th August
Punishment: 1 calendar month with hard labour in Kilmainham Gaol
Offence: Patrick Rock of Clondalkin assaulted Michael Baker at St Lawrence 3rd September.
Punishment: 1 calendar month with hard labour in Kilmainham Gaol
The Kilmainham prison register of 9th November describes Patrick as 5' 9 ¼ inches tall with brown hair, fair complexion and blue eyes. It notes he had weak eyes (a 1907 prison register says he has cast in both eyes) and a scar under his right ear. Prison registers also record that he could read but not write.
Trial date: 10th June 1907
Offence: Stealing a clock value 5/-, cloak value 2/6 and skirt value 6/- the property of his mother on 28th May.
Punishment: 14 days with hard labour in Kilmainham Gaol
Offence: Drunk & Disorderly 28th May. Second offence within 12 months.
Fine: 5/- Costs: 1/6 Default of payment: 48 hours in Kilmainham Gaol
Offence: Assaulted his mother 28th May.
Fine: 5/- Costs: 1/6 Default of payment: 48 hours in Kilmainham Gaol
Offence: Assaulted a police constable 28th May. Third offence within 2 years.
Punishment: 1 calendar month with hard labour in Kilmainham Gaol
Trial date: 19th August 1907
Offence: Drunk & Incapable 4th August. Third offence within 12 months.
Fine: 10/- Costs: 1/6 Default of payment: 7 days hard labour in Kilmainham Gaol
Offence: Drunk & Disorderly 5th August. Fourth offence within 12 months.
Punishment: 1 calendar month with hard labour in Kilmainham Gaol
Offence: Assaulting his mother by striking her with a stone on 5th August
Punishment: 1 calendar month with hard labour in Kilmainham Gaol
Trial date: 1st March 1909
Offence: Using violent, indecent and obscene language to the annoyance of persons passing along the public street
Fine: 2/6 Costs: 1/6 Default of payment: 7 days in Kilmainham Gaol
Trial date: 2nd January 1913 at Naas. Living in Darrs, Co. Kildare.
Offence: Maliciously breaking 2 windows value 15/-
Punishment: 1 calendar month with hard labour in Mountjoy Prison.
Trial date: 9th March 1914
Offence: Drunk & Disorderly on public street 1st March.
Fine: 2/6 Costs: 1/6 Default of payment: 7 days in Mountjoy Prison.
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