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Irish Tokens from the Collection of the late Barry Woodside
Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, Co DUBLIN, Dublin, [George] Mottley, brass, mottley the hatter 14 redmond's hill dublin, rev. bust of Victoria left, edge grained, 23mm (W –; Macalister –). About fine, obverse better, very rare £70-£90
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George Mottley (†1883, hatter, in directories at 14 Redmond's hill, 1880-2) was a Crown witness in the three trials of Timothy Kelly in 1883, Kelly being one of the assassins of Thomas Burke and Lord Frederick Cavendish in Phoenix Park, Dublin, on 6 May 1882. During the trial, when he had been given police protection, it was stated that Mottley was a twice bankrupt. In early August 1883 the Press Association reported that Mottley had been shot dead in Philadelphia, where he had been living under an assumed name
Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, Co DUBLIN, Dublin, [George] Mottley, brass, mottley the hatter 14 redmond's hill dublin, rev. bust of Victoria left, edge grained, 23mm (W –; Macalister –). About fine, obverse better, very rare £70-£90
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George Mottley (†1883, hatter, in directories at 14 Redmond's hill, 1880-2) was a Crown witness in the three trials of Timothy Kelly in 1883, Kelly being one of the assassins of Thomas Burke and Lord Frederick Cavendish in Phoenix Park, Dublin, on 6 May 1882. During the trial, when he had been given police protection, it was stated that Mottley was a twice bankrupt. In early August 1883 the Press Association reported that Mottley had been shot dead in Philadelphia, where he had been living under an assumed name