From The Times, London, 8 July 1910 - THE LIMERICK MURDER. At Limerick Assizes yesterday Hannah Ahern, who was found Guilty of the murder of her infant child, was sentenced to death by Mr. Justice Boyd, who stated that he had forwarded the jury's recommendation to mercy to the proper quarter. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dennis Ahern | The Ahern Family Genealogy Website Acton, Massachusetts | http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~aherns/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

From The Times, London, 25 July 1910 - DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED In the case of Hannah Aherne, a prisoner in Limerick Prison under sentence of death, the Lords Justices have commuted the sentence to penal servitude for life. Aherne was sentenced to death at Limerick Assizes for the murder of her newly-born child at Newcastle West on April 3. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dennis Ahern | The Ahern Family Genealogy Website Acton, Massachusetts | http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~aherns/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -