THROUGH THE ARCHIVES: School master takes legal action against Protestant minister

The News Letter on this day in 1869 reported on “novel case” which had been heard at the Markethill Quarter Sessions. The case had been taken by Mr George McDonald who was a teacher in a school at Mullavilly in Co Armagh against the Rev Dr Charles Henry Groves.

The News Letter reported that Mr McDonald had taken the legal action in order to recover £12 “being for two years’ salary for teaching and instructing the children of the Sunday school at the defendant’s request, up to and ending June 17 last [1869], and for work, labour and services done and rendered by the plaintiff as a school-master for the defendant at his request”.