Irish News 26 Jan 1904: SENSATION IN BELFAST:A CORONER'S VERDICT NULLIFIED IN A STRANGE WAY: An extraordinary affair has just come to light in Belfast. A woman named Martha M'Cormick, of North Ann Street, disappeared on January 18th, inst., and her husband, at an inquest, identified a body discovered in the Lagan as that of his wife. On Sunday night, however, the supposed deceased turned up alive in North Ann Street. The body recovered from the Lagan was, it should be said, in an unrecognisable condition, but Mr M'Cormick identified it by the clothes and boots. Mrs M'Cormick had been in the habit of disappearing for periods. Irish News 2 March 1904: SUMMONS COURT [Before Mr Garrett Nagle, R.M.] SCHOOL ATTENDNACE CASES. The following were fined for neglecting to send their children to school regularly;- Robert Sharpe, 24 Malt Street; Agnes M'Alister, 145 Crimea Street; Peter O'Rorke, 149 York Street; William Walker, 36 Bann Steet; John Orr, 180 Silvio Street; Thomas Wilson, 4 Staunton Street. Aaron Wright, 57 athmore Street; John Harte, 26 Little May Street; Thomas Lowry, 53 Pilot Street; Ellen Young, 9 Ayr Street; Christopher Graham, 71 Carmel Street; William Meharg, 46 Morelands Row; John Galway, 11 Rosebarry Street; Peter Sharpe, 50 Sheriff Street; James Noble, 1 Chatsworth Street; Thomas Rogers, 32 Well Street(?) John KNox, 9 Isthmus Street; Samuel Lowry, 4 Isthmus Street; and Wm. Campbell, 9 Ballycastle Street. The following were fined for employing children who were under 14 years of age, and had not obtained certificate of proficienct;- Thomas Tierney, 121 Newtownards Road; Edmund Porte, 171 Newtownards Road; William Renny, 56 Old Lodge Road; George Bruce, 47 M'Tier Street; Albert Norton, 23 Albertbridge Road; and Jane Thompson, 340 Beersbridge Road. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com