Moynihan, Mary (c. 1903–)
Moynihan, Mary (c. 1903–)
Irish murderer. Born c. 1903 in Ireland.
At age 15, employed as servant to Jeremiah and Nora Horgan in Kanturk, Co. Cork (1918); after Nora was murdered (Sept 9, 1922), tried and convicted for the crime (Dec 1924); when sentenced to death, accused Jeremiah (thought to be her lover) of the murder; had sentence commuted to life imprisonment.
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