South Australia - Crime, Law and Punishment
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Law
Miscellany and Obituaries
An Essay on Law and Order
Taken from Geoffrey H. Manning A Colonial Experience
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All the best men have either left, or about to leave, and dissatisfaction appears to prevail on all sides. The smallness of pay is in many instances the cause; in others, tyranny in the officers is ascribed as reasons for the discontent.
(Adelaide Times, 5 August 1852, p. 4.)
Introduction
For the first two to three decades of European settlement in South Australia the people always prided themselves - and with sufficient reason - on the good order prevailing within the community. We had none of those violent crimes which disgraced and terrified the neighbouring colonies. In no part of Her Majesty's dominions had life and property been safer than here.
The people lived in the utmost security thinking it quite an unnecessary precaution in many places to use bolts and bars. Doors were left unlocked and property exposed in what people in other lands would call a most reckless deed. Our comparative immunity from crime may be ascribed to various causes - The class of persons who came here were, as a whole, of a superior order and the working classes were industrious and provident, with some considerable amount of education in their ranks. It is questionable whether in any part of the British dominions could such a provident, industrious, well-conducted community be found.
Our immigrants were well selected and many of them, in the course of a few years, raised themselves to positions of comfort and not a few became wealthy and respected. From such a well-conducted working class dangerous crimes were not anticipated. We always set our faces against the convict element mingling in our population and, from time to time, when the foundations of the colony were laid, there was always a wise jealousy and a commendable vigilance exercised to guard against the convict taint.
Our laws against the admission of transportees, from whatever quarter they might have attempted to come, were most firm - some would say arbitrary - and on the whole our vigilance was rewarded. We succeeded in practically keeping away from us the accursed evil of convictism. Those violent deeds which were so rife in the other colonies can, in almost every instance, be traced back to the influence, direct or indirect, of the existing felonry amongst them.
A third reason for the orderliness of our population and the safety of property was the fact that we had no poor amongst us, in the sense in which that word is used in the old countries of Europe. There were, of course, isolated cases in which some suffered from insufficient means. The people, generally, had plenty of work and good wages and the labouring class had comforts here which it would have been impossible to obtain in the old country. Then, in addition, the population as a whole was a religious one. Until recent times were, proverbially, a colony of churches and church going people. These, then, I believe, were amongst the causes which produced the safe and healthy state of society.
Sadly, by the late 1850s there became a need for increased vigilance when we were told of a spate of robberies of a daring character; shops and dwelling houses were entered forcibly, stables were visited by the light-fingered gentry, where both horses and harness disappeared. Our peaceful serenity was disturbed and the people had to look about them to see to the better protection of their property. Watch-dogs were brought into service and life-preservers and revolvers were taken up by some for the purpose of 'moral suasion.'
General Notes
"Early Days of the Courts" is in The Mail,
3 March 1928, page 4f.
"Our First Criminal Court" is in the Register on
7 April 1925, page 13e.
"Crime in 1837" is in the Observer,
1 September 1923, page 11b.
The law of Master and Servant is discussed in the Register,
12 August 1837, page 3c,
South Australian Record,
14 March 1838, page 44a and
the recovery of small debts in the Register,
26 February 1842, page 2b and
28 October 1843, page 2c,
Express,
27 March 1867, page 2a.
"Runaway Servants" is in the Observer,
12 November 1853, page 5f.
"Justice in the Early Days - How it Was Administered" is in the Advertiser
on 14 July 1909, page 10g.
"The Felony Farce", George Stevenson versus Collector of Customs, is in the Observer,
7 July 1849, page 2c.
"More Queer Doings in the Police Court" is in the Observer,
10 November 1849, page 2d.
"Police Court Peculiarities" is in the Express,
30 January 1879, page 3a.
Sketches of the police court are in Frearson's Weekly,
11 August 1882, page 632.
"In the Police Court - The Seamy Side of Life" is in the Express,
18 April 1906, page 2e.
"Rules and Orders of the New District Courts" is in the Observer,
4 May 1850, page 3b.
Information on the new court-house is in the Observer,
6 July 1850, page 2d.
"Repression of Crime" is in the Observer,
26 July 1851, page 5a.
"The Bar v The Press" is discussed in the Adelaide Times,
22 November 1851, page 3d,
"Just Laws and Equal Justice" in the Register,
29 May 1855, page 2d.
"Law Reform in South Australia" is in the Observer,
14 and 28 February 1852, pages 3c and 3d.
"The Country Local Courts" is in the Observer,
20 March 1852, page 5d.
"The Use of a Special Night Constable" is in the Observer,
25 December 1852, page 2d.
"Operation of the Dog Act" is in the Observer,
2 April 1853, page 7c.
Also see Adelaide - Public Nuisances - Dogs.
"Prison Regulations" is in the Register,
19 March 1855, page 2d.
"The Law of Evidence" is in the Observer,
19 May 1855, page 6a.
"Payment of Witnesses " is in the Observer,
26 May 1855, page 4g.
"Just Laws and Equal Justice" is in the Observer,
2 June 1855, page 6b.
The "Law of Primogeniture" is traversed in the Register, 6 February 1856, page 2c:
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What did we, in South Australia, want with a system of feudalism, upheld by aristocrats and rack-rent landlords, is a means of supporting class legislation and of interposing a barrier between the people and their rulers?
(Also see Register, 7 and 11 February 1856, pages 3c and 2b-3e.)
Even if we had an aristocracy in South Australia, it would not do for a young community to hedge around exclusive classes by special legislative protection, but rather to leave the natural operation of wealth, education and talent, the aggrandizement and elevation of particular families.
(Register,
14 March 1856, page 2d; also see
11 October 1867, page 2b,
26 March 1869, page 2d.)
"Lynch Law" is in the Register,
15 September 1856, page 2f.
"Penal Administration" is in the Observer,
21 November 1857, page 1b (supp.).
An editorial headed "Country Magistrates " is in the Register, 9 March 1859, page 2f:
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Many a trifling blunder of lesser officials would be visited with instant dismissal; but the Magistracy, in whose hands are entrusted the lives of property of the community, may go on repeating their mistakes ad infinitum.
"Commutation of Punishment" is in the Register,
12 August 1859, page 2h.
"The Law of Libel" is in the Register,
20 March 1860, page 2e,
29 February 1868, page 2c,
19 and 31 August 1889, pages 4f and 4g-7e,
Advertiser,
1 September 1880, page 4e,
11 July 1895, page 4e,
15 August 1895, page 4e.
"The Prison Question" is in the Register,
28 June 1860, page 2g.
"Circuit Courts" is in the Observer,
29 September 1860, page 6e,
"Our Law Courts" on
12, 19 and 26 January 1861, pages 1b (supp.), 6f and 6d-7b,
2 and 16 February 1861, pages 6a and 6a,
23 March 1861, page 6d.
"The Court of Appeals" is in the Observer,
20 and 27 April 1861, pages 6f and 1a (supp.),
4 and 11 May 1861, pages 1a-d and 6a,
22 June 1861, page 6a.
"The Supreme Court" is in the Observer,
22 and 29 June 1861, pages 1a (supp.) and 5e-6a.
"Law Reform" is in the Observer,
6 July 1861, page 6f,
"Recommendations to Mercy" on
21 February 1863, page 6d.
"Descent of Real Estate" is in the Observer,
8 August 1863, page 5e,
20 August 1864, page 1b (supp.),
29 April 1865, page 6c.
"Conditional Pardons" is in the Register
on 9 June 1864, page 2f.
"Remission of Sentences" is in the Register,
25 April 1864, page 2e,
29 November 1866, page 2d,
25 March 1867, page 2c,
18 December 1868, page 2e.
"The Law of Defamation" is in the Observer,
12 November 1864, page 6d.
"Reformed Local Courts" is in the Chronicle,
31 December 1864, page 4f.
"Garroting and Its Remedies" is in the Register,
22 February 1866, page 3g.
"A Necessary Evil [Court of Appeals]" is in the Register,
12 March 1866, page 2e.
"Criminals and Their Treatment" is in the Register,
11 and 23 April 1866, pages 2f and 2f,
1 May 1866, page 2f,
4 June 1866, page 2f,
2 July 1866, page 2e.
"Coroners' Inquests" is in the Register,
6 April 1866, page 2d,
3 February 1881, page 4c.
Information on the city coroner is in the Express,
9 September 1875, page 3b.
"The Coroners Bill" is in the Register,
2 July 1877, page 4e.
"The Criminal Sittings" is in the Register,
3 December 1866, page 2c.
"Convict Regulations" is in the Register,
5 January 1867, page 2d.
"The Juvenile Reformatory Act" is in the Register,
7 June 1867, page 2b,
29 August 1867, page 2b.
"Juvenile Offenders at Criminal Sittings" is in the Register,
12 December 1868, page 2c.
The Bunyip libel case is reported in the Advertiser,
28 February 1868, page 2e,
"The Insolvency Laws" on
30 May 1868, page 3a.
"Will-Making" is in the Register,
27 July 1868, page 2e.
"Our Local Courts - Their Fiscal and Administrative Aspects" is in the Advertiser,
15 December 1868, page 2c.
"The Bar and the Press" is in the Register,
16 March 1869, page 2d,
"The Abolition of Imprisonment for Debt" on
20 October 1869, page 2d.
"The New Court Houses" is in the Register,
30 June 1869, page 2e,
Observer,
3 July 1869, page 13c.
"The Case of Brodie" is in the Observer,
5 November 1870, page 10c,
31 December 1870, page 13.
"Law Reform" is in the Express,
14 October 1873, page 3b.
"Local Court Reform" is in the Observer,
12 September 1874, pages 2g-13b.
"Law Reform" in the Register,
31 May 1884, page 4d.
"The Prerogative of Pardon" is in the Register,
20 June 1874, page 4g,
"Abusing the Prerogative of Pardon" on
2 December 1875, page 4e.
"Curtailing the Sentences of Prisoners" is in the Register,
12 February 1874, page 4e.
"The Patent Law of South Australia" is in the Observer,
3 October 1874, page 13d.
"Offences Against Women and Children" is in the Observer,
17 October 1874, page 13d.
Complaints about bailiffs are in The Lantern,
12 December 1874, page 7b.
"Bailiffs" is in the Chronicle,
1 April 1882, page 5c.
Poems are in The Lantern,
27 June 1885, page 21,
23 April 1887, page 19.
An editorial relating to married women's property is in the Observer,
20 February 1875, page 13b,
Advertiser,
28 June 1880, page 4f.
Also see South Australia - Social Matters - Marriage and Divorce.
Information on the city coroner is in the Express,
9 September 1875, page 3b.
The law in respect of the protection of children is discussed in the Advertiser,
2 January 1877, page 4e.
Also see Social Matters - Miscellany - Children and Youths.
"Statistics of Law and Crime" is in the Register,
4 December 1877, page 4f.
"The Supreme Court Reform" is in the Observer,
19 October 1878, page 10d,
"The New Supreme Court Procedure" on
5 April 1879, page 10a.
"Reform of the Criminal Law" is in the Observer,
2 November 1878, page 4b,
"Criminal Law of SA" in the Chronicle,
19 September 1891, page 7a,
"Criminal Law Reform" in the Advertiser,
28 July 1902, page 4c,
"Criminal Law and Common Sense" on
14 September 1905, page 8b,
"Criminal Law in This State - Anomalies and Inconsistencies" is in The News,
6 September 1923, page 6d.
"Criminal Statistics of SA" is in the Register,
27 December 1878, page 4d,
7 April 1879, page 4e.
"Abolition of Breach-of-Promise Actions" is in the Observer,
19 July 1879, page 13c; also see
8 November 1879, page 11c.
"A Novel Breach of Promise Action" is in the Express,
15 September 1880, page 3c; also see
9 August 1885, page 4d.
"Matrimony and Breach of Promise" is in the Register,
23 March 1899, page 4e; also see
11 May 1899, page 4g-i,
13 September 1899, page 10d,
7, 8 and 11 May 1901, pages 3h-4e, 3d-4f and 6c,
19 May 1904, page 3d,
6 July 1905, page 3h,
1 May 1906, page 3a,
16 June 1906, page 10e,
16 and 19 September 1908, pages 9a and 13d,
22 December 1908, page 10e,
19 March 1910, page 7a,
7 September 1912, page 11a,
11 and 12 December 1912, pages 10f and 9d,
4 April 1918, page 7g,
23 September 1919, page 7d,
10 February 1920, page 5h,
8 March 1923, page 10g,
29 August 1928, page 14e,
2 October 1930, page 7c,
The News,
16 November 1933, page 10e,
26 February 1936, page 6g.
"What Constitutes a Promise to Marry" is in The News,
16 November 1933, page 10e; also see
2, 3 and 9 November 1937, pages 5b, 3e and 4d.
"The Married Women's Protection Bill" is in the Observer,
8 August 1896, page 14a.
Also see South Australia - Social Matters - Marriage and Divorce.
"An Extraordinary Case" is in the Observer,
9 August 1879, page 2f,
6 and 13 September 1879, pages 12e and 21g.
"Improvements at the Criminal Court" is in the Register,
6 April 1880, page 6f.
"Juvenile Offenders" is in the Register,
8 April 1881, page 4f,
5 December 1881, page 4f,
9 January 1882, page 4f,
26 June 1882, page 4f.
"The Guardianship of Juvenile Offenders" is in the Register,
6 and 10 July 1882, pages 4e-6d and 6c.
"Inquests on Death" is in the Register,
2 May 1881,
"Circuit Courts" on
6 and 10 May 1881, pages 4d and 7a.
"Bailiffs" is in the Chronicle,
1 April 1882, page 5c.
"Discharged Prisoners" is in the Register,
28 July 1883, pages 5b-6f.
"The Adelaide Law Courts During 1884" is in the Register,
1 January 1885, page 7b; also see
1 January 1886, page 7g.
A sketch is in The Critic,
25 December 1897, page 25.
"Curious Criminal Cases" is in the Register,
6 and 9 June 1885, pages 4g and 7b.
"Is Equality of Punishment Possible?" is in the Register,
21 January 1886, page 4f.
"Three Methods of Dealing With Juvenile Offenders" is in the Register on
25 March 1886, page 4g,
"Our Gaols, Asylums and Reformatories" on
11 May 1886, page 7e,
"Larrikinism and the Law" on
12 August 1893, page 4f.
Also see Adelaide - Larrikinism.
"Cheap and Speedy Law" is in the Register,
15 September 1886, page 4g.
"The Penalty for Outrages" is in the Register,
13 January 1887, page 6e.
"Protection of Private Property" is in the Observer,
30 April 1887, page 25a.
"The Offenders Probation Bill" is in the Register,
25 August 1887, page 4e.
Reminiscences of the Adelaide Police Court are in the Observer,
2 August 1890, page 33b.
An editorial on a proposed bachelor of law degree at the Adelaide University is in the Advertiser,
30 October 1890, page 4c; also see
22 December 1890, page 5e.
"The Study of Law" is in the Register,
30 November 1905, page 4e.
Also see South Australia - Education - Tertiary Education.
"The Law and Its Administration" is in the Register,
10 April 1891, page 4f.
"The Criminal Law in SA" is in the Register,
15 September 1891, page 6d,
"Crime in SA" on
29 September 1891, page 4g.
"Instinctive Criminality" is in the Register,
21 April 1892, page 6e,
Observer,
23 April 1892, page 36c.
"Amending the Law of Libel" is in the Register,
11 July 1895, page 4f,
"The New Law of Libel" on
22 January 1896, page 4f.
"Oddities in Libel Law" is in The News,
20 April 1932, page 6d.
"The Law Reform Bill" is in the Register,
14 October 1895, page 4f.
"Law and Crime" is in the Advertiser,
4 July 1895, page 4e,
"The Law of Inheritance" on
18 October 1895, page 4i.
"The Trial of Children" is in the Advertiser,
10 October 1896, page 5a,
"Law Reform Bill" on
18 November 1896, page 4e,
"Lawyers in Parliament" on
3 December 1896, page 4e.
"Young and Old Offenders" is in the Register,
22 May 1897, pages 4f-9e.
"The Legal Profession" is in the Register on
10 March 1897, page 5a,
"Betting and the Law" on
10 July 1897, page 4d.
Two informative articles on "Our Penal System" are in the Advertiser,
7 June 1897, page 5g,
6 September 1897, page 6a,
"A Criminal Code" on
11 January 1898, page 4e.
"Tampering with Justice" is in the Advertiser,
12 April 1898, page 4e.
"Tipsters Before the Court" is in the Register,
28 May 1898, page 5a.
"Reforming Prisoners" is in the Register,
14 December 1898, page 9i.
"The Diminution of Crime" is in the Register,
16 March 1899, page 4h.
"Wrongly Imprisoned - How Injustice May be Done" is in the Register,
26 June 1899, page 5g.
"Justices and Justice" is in the Register,
21 June 1900, page 4c.
"Is Justice Always Blind?" is in the Register,
28 March 1900, page 4d-g.
"Wanted - A Law Concerning Teeth" is in the Register,
11 August 1900, page6d.
"A Judicial Error" is reported in the Advertiser,
28 June 1899, page 4f,
"Law and Conscience" on
31 March 1900, page 6e,
"Slow and Costly Law" on
6 May 1901, page 4d.
"The Duties of Justices" is in the Register,
20, 22 and 27 July 1899, pages 4h-4i, 3e and 6c,
3 August 1899, page 5c,
Observer,
22 and 29 July 1899, pages 25c and 30a-31a,
5 August 1899, page 30a.
"The Privy Council Appeal Question" is in the Advertiser,
17 and 20 April 1900, pages 4d and 4g,
15 and 22 May 1900, pages 4e and 4e.
"The Incorrigible Criminal" is in the Register,
22 June 1901, page 4c,
2 July 1901, page 6d,
"Rebels Against Society" on
5 June 1902, page 4d.
"The Criminal Sittings" is in the Advertiser,
15 August 1901, page 4b,
"Sentences and Punishment" on
2 July 1902, page 4d,
"Indeterminate Sentences" on
10 December 1902, page 4c.
"Identifying Criminals" is in the Register,
28 October 1902, pages 4d-6e.
"Criminal Trials" is in the Register,
10 March 1903, page 4c.
"The Costliness of the Law" is in the Express,
14 April 1903, page 4c.
"The Law and the Drunkard" is in the Register,
31 January 1903, page 6d,
"Long Sentences or the ""Cat"" on
9 June 1903, page 4c.
Biographical details of a former sheriff, Mr W.R. Boothby, are in the Observer,
8 July 1899, page 16d;
an obituary is in the Chronicle,
18 July 1903, page 33a,
Observer,
18 July 1903, page 36d.
"The Case of Madam Harpur" is in the Register,
20 May 1903, page 6b,
10 June 1903, pages 4e-6g.
"The Law School Dinner" is in the Advertiser,
3 December 1903, page 6e,
"Justice and Mercy" on
14 April 1904, page 4c,
"The Law of Murder" on
7 October 1904, page 4c.
"Shorthand in the Law Courts" is in the Register,
17 May 1904, page 3d,
16 August 1904, page 4f.
"The Poor, The Sick and the Erring" is in the Register,
27 January 1905, page 4c.
"Reformation of Prisoners" is in the Register,
10 August 1905, page 4g.
"Crime and Education" is in the Register,
30 September 1905, page 6e.
"Prison or Probation" is in the Register,
1 February 1906, page 4g,
25 November 1922, page 8d.
"Alleged Concealment of Birth - Bundle Thrown Into the Sea" is in the Register,
11 and 12 June 1906, pages 5b and 9g.
"The Law and Corsets" is in the Register,
12 June 1906, pages 6d-6e-7a-9h.
"Crime and Sentences" is in the Observer,
23 June 1906, page 31d.
"King's Counsel" is in the Register on
13 and 15 October 1908, pages 6c and 7d,
"Law Court Old Time Memories" on
23 February 1910, page 10c,
"In the Courts - The Debtors' Tales of Woe" on
11 March 1910, page 11a.
"First Offenders" is in the Register,
26 February 1909, page 4c,
17 March 1909, page 4e.
Biographical details of Nekelais Kildael, Court Crier, are in the Register,
1 July 1909, page 4h.
"Inquests Without Juries" is in the Register,
22 September 1909, page 4e.
The retirement of F.R. Burdon, Clerk of the Adelaide Local Court, is reported in the Observer,
13 November 1909, page 48a.
"Hostile Witnesses" is in the Advertiser,
10 December 1909, page 6e,
"Unduly Prolonged Trials" on
28 October 1910, page 8e.
"Crime and Criminals" is in the Register,
18 April 1912, page 4d.
"The Block in the Law Courts" is in the Observer,
25 May 1912, page 33c.
"The Prisons - Retirements and Promotions" is in the Register,
21 June 1912, page 7c.
"Gaols and Prisoners" is in the Register,
19 July 1912, page 6d.
Biographical details of E.E. Cleland, KC, are in the Register,
27 December 1912, page 7b.
"Convicts and Charity" is in the Register,
3 February 1913, page 6e.
"The Mad Murderer [William Ruskin]" is in the Register,
6 March 1913, page 12d.
"Probation of Offenders" is in the Register on
8 September 1913, page 6d,
"Prison or Probation?" on
25 November 1922, page 8d,
"Offenders and Probation" on
5 February 1923, page 6c,
"Prisoners on Probation" on
12, 13, 16, 18 and 24 February 1926, page 8d, 9h, 8e, 8b-9g and 10d-11a,
19 March 1926, page 8d,
10, 14 and 16 April 1926, pages 10a, 9a and 9f,
"Parole or Probation" on
16 and 17 April 1926, pages 9f and 3f,
"The Release of Prisoners" on
3 May 1926, pages 8e-9c.
"Probation of Prisoners" is in The News,
29 August 1931, page 4d,
"Probation System Works Well" on
28 June 1933, page 4e.
"Medical Privilege" is in the Register,
11 May 1914, page 6c.
"Better Than Prison" is in the Advertiser,
15 October 1913, page 14c,
"Judicial Clemency" on
8 July 1913, page 9b,
"Saving Young Offenders" on
24 April 1914, page 14c.
Biographical details of W.L. Stuart, Master of the State Supreme Court, is in the Register,
30 January 1913, page 7a; also see
The Mail,
4 April 1914, page 8e.
An interview with H. Angas Parsons is in The Mail,
23 May 1914, page 8e;
his elevation to the bench is reported in the Express,
29 December 1920, page 1e.
"Shooting Sensation - Jealous Lover's Action" is in the Observer,
11 July 1914, page 37d.
"Cheap Litigation" is in the Advertiser,10 July 1914, page 19e.
International law in time of war is discussed in the Register,
17, 19, 22 and 25 August 1914, pages 13c, 8g, 11h and 6h,
2, 5 and 9 September 1914, pages 11c, 19a and 8g.
"Dealing With Convicted Inebriates" is in the Register,
18 July 1914, page 6e.
"The Inheritance Laws" is in the Advertiser,
22 November 1915, page 6e.
"What a Life Sentence Signifies" is in the Register,
19 July 1917, page 4e,
"What is a Life Sentence" on
21 December 1927, page 8d.
"Juvenile Depravity" is in the Register,
23 May 1918, page 4b,
"Law Reform" on
19 June 1918, page 6b,
"Punishing Refractory Girls" on
11, 14, 15, 16 and 18 February 1921, pages 6e-7a, 6f, 7e, 9d and 5e.
"Wives and the Law" is in the Register,
16 August 1922, page 6d, Also see South Australia - Social Matters - Marriage and Divorce
"Prison - Its Aim and Effect" on
29 August 1922, page 8a,
"Divorce Court Reports" on
7 and 8 September 1922, pages 6d and 6e,
"Prisons and Prisoners" on
6 October 1922, page 6d.
"The Law and the Boy" is in the Register,
17 January 1923, page 6d.
"Prison or Probation" is in the Register,
25 November 1922, page 8d,
"The Law and the Boy" on
17 January 1923, page 6d,
"Offenders and Probation" on
5 February 1923, page 6c.
"Our Obsolete Courts" is in The Mail,
14 July 1923, page 1b.
"The Prison Bill" is in the Advertiser,
30 August 1923, pages 8f-11d,
"Penal Reform" on
6 December 1923, page 8h.
"What Women Think About Law Reform" is in the Register on
13 March 1923, page 7d,
"Women Prisoners" on
4, 6 and 9 October 1923, pages 3d, 13g and 9d.
"The Law and the Murderer" is in the Register,
14 April 1924, page 6c,
"The Powers of a Coroner" on
2 May 1924, page 8e,
"Gaols and Prisons" on
15 August 1924, page 8c.
"The Treatment of the Criminal" is in the Register,
30 August 1924, page 4f,
"The Child and the Law" in the Advertiser,
26 September 1924, page 12g.
"Litigation in Local Courts" is in The News,
21 October 1924, page 12a,
"Expediting Justice - Extension of Local Court Powers" in the Advertiser,
22 October 1924, page 9d,
"Justifiable Homicide" on
24 October 1924, page 12f.
"False Sentiment and the Criminal" is in the Register,
21 October 1924, page 8d,
"Wayward and Defective Children" on
30 October 1924, pages 8b-12e.
"Prison Reform Piecemeal" is in the Register,,
17 December 1924, page 8d.
"The Carrying of Firearms" is in the Register,
6 January 1925, page 6c,
"Legal Memories" on
26 February 1925, page 11g,
"Prisoners on Parole" on
18 June 1925, page 8e.
Biographical details of W.H. Denyer, clerk of the local court, are in the Register,
3 June 1925, page 9g,
of W. Hall, magistrate of the Children's Court, on
12 August 1925, page 9f.
"Proposed Prison Reforms" is in the Observer,
13 June 1925, page 17a.
"Law for the Poor" is in the Register,
19 August 1925, page 8d,
"Poor Prisoners and Counsel" in the Advertiser,
18 May 1926, page 12h,
"Law Costs" on
8 December 1926, page 12g.
"Mercy or Dangerous Leniency" is in the Register,
10, 12, 15, 16 and 18 February 1926, pages 10e-11g, 8d-9g, 11e, 7e-8e and 8c,
"Prison Administration" on
24 February 1926, page 10d.
"A Strangely Favoured Prisoner" is in the Register,
19 March 1926, page 8d,
"Parole or Probation" on
16 and 17 April 1926, pages 9f and 3f,
"The Release of Prisoners" on
3 May 1926, pages 8e-9c.
"The Spirit of Lawlessness" is discussed in the Register,
4 June 1926, page 8e,
"Prisoners and Parole" on
2 July 1926, page 8e.
"Assaults on Girls - Housewives Plead for More Stringent Laws" is in The News,
14 December 1926, page 13a.
"Children's Courts" is in the Register,
16 August 1927, page 8e.
"Law Reform - Attorney General's Views" is in the Register,
1 April 1926, page 14c.
"Law Reform" is in the Advertiser,
5 October 1927, page 8f,
"Degrees of Murder" on
25 October 1927, page 12d.
"Juries and Law Reform" is in the Register,
5 October 1927, page 8e,
"Women and Juries" on
6 and 13 October 1927, pages 8e and 13h.
"Barristers and Solicitors - The Suggested Division" is in the Observer,
7 July 1928, page 51a.
"Law and Order - Powers of Special Constables" is in The News,
22 September 1928, page 4d.
"Child Witnesses - Value of Evidence" is in The Mail,
1 December 1928, page 2f.
"Suppression of Names in Sex Cases" is in The News,
20 January 1930, page 6c,
"Problem of Sexual Offenders" is on
13 December 1934, page 8c.
"Queer Wills in South Australia" is in the Advertiser,
28 March 1931, page 6e.
"Probation of Prisoners" is in The News,
29 August 1931, page 4d,
"Abolition of Oaths" on
6 November 1931, page 6d.
"The Torrens System - Who Was the Author" is in the Advertiser,
17 and 18 February 1932, pages 16f and 12c.
Also see Place Names - Torrens Park
"Oddities in Libel Law" is in The News,
20 April 1932, page 6d.
"Court Dips Into History - Ex-Convicts Will" is in the Advertiser,
17 September 1932, page 15c.
"Law for Poor People" is in the Advertiser,
2 June 1933, page 24f,
"Suppression of Names" on
25 August 1933, page 20e,
25 November 1936, page 22d.
"Anonymity in the Courts" is in the Advertiser,
22 March 1934, page 14f,
"Children and the Law" on
12 July 1934, page 8g,
"Domestic Courts" on
28 September 1935, page 16f.
"New Children's Court is Wise Move" is in The News,
5 January 1935, page 4d.
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SA - Legal Profession - Obituaries
An obituary of Judge Crauford (Crawford?) is in the Observer, 2 October 1852, page 7c;
(also see Register, 15 February 1910, page 7e),
of George Worthington, former special magistrate, on 10 December 1859, page 7h.
An obituary of Thomas Wilson is in the Register, 7 April 1863, page 2f,
of James Brook on 28 August 1872, page 5d.
An obituary of F.R. Fesenmeyer, sheriff's clerk, is in the Register, 29 April 1871, page 5c,
of L.M. Cullen on 26 November 1880, page 5d,
of G.W. Hawkes, SM, on 25 July 1881, page 5d,
of R,J. Turner, SM, on 30 June 1888, page 6h, 3 July 1888, page 7h,
of Mr T.B. Bruce in the Observer, 9 November 1872, page 7d, of Charles Fenn on 22 February 1873, page 7e.
An obituary of James Brook is in the Chronicle, 31 August 1872, page 6d,
of Talbot B. Bruce in the Observer, 9 November 1872, page 7d,
of Charles Fenn in the Register, 18 February 1873, page 5b,
of Henry W. Parker in the Express, 17 March 1874, page 2c,
of H.R. Wigley, SM, in the Register, 20 October 1876, page 5d,
of H. Mildred, SM, on 24 March 1877, page 5b.
An obituary of William Hinde, Master of the Supreme Court, is in the Register, 16 September 1878, page 5b.
An obituary of Paul Phillips, JP, is in the Register, 27 November 1874, page 5c,
of W. Harcus, JP, on 11 and 14 August 1876, pages 4e and 6b.
An obituary of Mr H.R. Wigley, a magistrate, is in the Observer, 21 October 1876, page 7g,
of Mr B.F. Laurie, magistrate, in the Observer, 9 December 1876, page 12a.
An obituary of Rupert Ingleby is in the Register, 7 December 1881, page 5b.
An obituary of George Birrell is in the Register, 24 August 1885, page 5c.
An obituary of W.G. McCullagh is in the Register, 4 April 1887, page 5b,
of George Hance on 29 July 1889, page 5b,
of M.S. Rowe on 5 March 1889, page 5b,
of R.G. Moore on 5 and 6 December 1890, pages 4h and 5c,
of E.W. Oldham on 17 December 1890, page 5a,
of J.G. Knight, SM, on 11 and 14 January 1892, pages 6a and 6b, 6 February 1892, page 6e,
of A.J. Edmunds on 16 February 1894, page 5d,
of F.V. Beyer on 9 December 1895, page 5d.
An obituary of H.F. Downer is in the Register, 24 May 1887, pages 4h-6h.
An obituary of Thomas Ward, city coroner, is in the Register, 29 December 1888, page 4h.
An obituary of Mr E.C. Gwynne is in the Chronicle, 16 June 1888, page 8f,
of Mr R.J. Turner, SM, in the Express, 30 June 1888, page 3b,
of Mr James P. Butfield, SM, in the Observer, 18 July 1885, page 30e,
of Mr J. Varley, SM, in the Observer, 11 June 1887, pages 29e-30b,
of Mr W.R. Wigley in the Observer, 10 May 1890, page 36a,
of G.P. Hitchin, Clerk of Local Courts, on 17 February 1894, page 29c,
of William Johnstone, SM, on 14 August 1897, page 24a.
An obituary of J.C. Ferguson, SM, is in the Register, 17 August 1891, page 7c,
of Edward W. Price, SM, on 21 December 1893, page 5c.
An obituary of George Shorney, JP, is in the Observer, 20 June 1891, page 31d.
An obituary of G.P. Hitchin, Clerk of the Local Court, is in the Register, 16 February 1894, page 5d.
An obituary of Thomas Hocking is in the Register, 2 and 5 November 1894, pages 5b and 6h.
An obituary of Mrs Sarah A Bartley is in the Observer, 8 June 1895, page 29a,
of W.C. Belt on 18 February 1899, page 15a,
of W.H. Wadey on 29 September 1900, page 16d,
of H.B. Taylor on 2 February 1901, page 16c, of J. de la Zouche Sutherland on 16 January 1904, page 33b, of J.C. Hamp on 16 April 1904, page 34a,
of John J. Bonnar on 38c-40e (reminiscences), of James Henderson on 11 November 1905, page 38b.
An obituary of Daniel S. Packard is in the Chronicle, 20 June 1896, page 18c,
of Josiah Partridge in the Observer, 4 December 1897, page 27e, of F.G. Morgan on 8 December 1900, page 22e,
of Robert Blunt, Registrar of the Court of Insolvency, on 19 October 1901, page 31a,
of W.M. Sandford on 8 February 1902, page 30d.
An obituary of S.C. Tolley, solicitor, is in the Register, 25 July 1896, page 5b,
of Frederick Ayers on 2 February 1897, page 6c,
of J.T. Keats, SM, on 29 May 1897, page 5b,
of A.K. Whitby, solicitor, on 1 August 1898, page 4h.
An obituary of Charles Cox Cornish is in the Express, 7 December 1904, page 1f.
An obituary of Mr G.W. Hawkes, SM, is in the Express, 6 January 1908, page 3g,
of James Gordon, SM, in the Observer, 23 March 1912, page 51b,
of Justice Homburg on 30 March 1912, page 41c.
An obituary of A.A. McBean, Usher of the Supreme Court, is in the Observer, 20 December 1913, page 38d, Express, 19 December 1913, page 6e.
An obituary of Thomas Gepp, Police Magistrate, is in the Observer, 2 September 1916, page 32d,
of J.T. Keats, Stipendiary Magistrate, on 22 September 1917, page 43c,
of William Johnstone, Stipendiary Magistrate, on 5 March 1921, page 31e, of T.J.S. O'Halloran, Stipendiary Magistrate, on 14 January 1922, page 29c,
of T.R. Bright, Special Magistrate, on 13 December 1924, page 45a.
An obituary of Sir John Gordon is in the Observer, 29 December 1923, page 43c.
"Sir John Gordon's Life" is in the Observer, 30 April 1927, page 63c.
An obituary of Mr J.T. Keats, SM, is in the Express, 13 September 1917, page 2b,
of Justice Poole in the Observer, 7 May 1927, page 28c.
An obituary of Mr E.C. Gwynne is in the Chronicle, 16 June 1888, page 8f,
of Mr R.J. Turner, SM, in the Express, 30 June 1888, page 3b,
of Mr James P. Butfield, SM, in the Observer, 18 July 1885, page 30e,
of Mr J. Varley, SM, in the Observer, 11 June 1887, pages 29e-30b,
of Mr W.R. Wigley in the Observer, 10 May 1890, page 36a,
of G.P. Hitchin, Clerk of Local Courts, on 17 February 1894, page 29c,
of William Johnstone, SM, on 14 August 1897, page 24a.
An obituary of J.C. Ferguson, SM, is in the Register, 17 August 1891, page 7c,
of Edward W. Price, SM, on 21 December 1893, page 5c.
An obituary of Mr E.C. Gwynne is in the Chronicle, 16 June 1888, page 8f,
of Mr R.J. Turner, SM, in the Express, 30 June 1888, page 3b,
of Mr James P. Butfield, SM, in the Observer, 18 July 1885, page 30e,
of Mr J. Varley, SM, in the Observer, 11 June 1887, pages 29e-30b,
of Mr W.R. Wigley in the Observer, 10 May 1890, page 36a,
of G.P. Hitchin, Clerk of Local Courts, on 17 February 1894, page 29c,
of William Johnstone, SM, on 14 August 1897, page 24a.
An obituary of J.C. Ferguson, SM, is in the Register, 17 August 1891, page 7c,
of Edward W. Price, SM, on 21 December 1893, page 5c.
An obituary of P.F. Bonnin, solicitor, is in the Register, 17 September 1901, page 5a,
of W.M. Sandford on 7 February 1902, page 5a.
An obituary of Mr W. Villeneuve Smith is in the Express, 17 June 1902, page 1e,
of J.B. Muirhead on 1 February 1907, page 1g,
of C.F. Fenn in the Observer, 9 November 1907, page 23d,
of Thomas H. Warren on 16 November 1907, page 26c,
of F.F. Turner on 4 January 1908, page 38c,
of N.A. Knox on 7 March 1908, page 40a.
An obituary of F.J. Sanderson, SM, is in the Register, 15 June 1903, page 4g,
of James Henderson on 3 November 1905, page 4h.
An obituary of J.B. Sheridan is in the Observer, 24 March 1906, page 38c,
of J.M. Stuart, KC, on 10 October 1908, page 41b,
of E.A Thornton on 26 June 1909, page 40b,
of Charles J. Supple on 17 July 1909, page 42b,
of T.B. Gall on 27 August 1910, page 38c,
of Auguste Davis on 27 August 1910, page 39a,
of Alfred Bonnin on 10 September 1910, page 41a,
of Charles a'C. Bloxham on 14 October 1911, page 41a,
of C.B. Hardy on 4 June 1921, page 34b,
of F.J. Fisher on 31 December 1927, page 48d.
An obituary of F.F. Turner, SM, is in the Register, 1 January 1908, page 5a,
of W.C. Johnson on 5 October 1909, page 4i,
of E.C. Hughes, SM, on 25 September 1909, page 13b,
of Auguste Davies on 23 August 1910, page 4g.
An obituary of Mr G.W. Hawkes, SM, is in the Express, 6 January 1908, page 3g,
of James Gordon, SM, in the Observer, 23 March 1912, page 51b,
of Justice Homburg on 30 March 1912, page 41c.
An obituary of E.C. Hughes, SM, is in the Observer, 2 October 1909, page 38d,
of H.P. Tomkinson on 15 April 1911, page 41a,
of James Gordon, SM, on 23 March 1912, page 51b,
of W. Dearman on 21 December 1912, page 41c, of J.R. Anderson, KC, on 12 April 1913, page 41c,
of E.J. Ronald on 9 August 1913, page 41b,
of J.J. Stuckey on 28 April 1917, page 13c,
of J.T.Keats on 22 September 1917, page 43c,
of J.G. Russell, SM, on 12 January 1918, page 19a.
An obituary of Alfred Bonnin is in the Register, 6 September 1910, page 6g.
An obituary of Mr S.H. Bleechmore is in the Express, 14 February 1911, page 1g,
of Mr J.R. Anderson in the Chronicle, 12 April 1913, page 43c.
An obituary of Mr Paul Foelsche, SM, is in the Express, 2 February 1914, page 4h.
An obituary of F.W. Richards is in the Express, 20 December 1915, page 3g,
of Mr A.G. Downer on 18 August 1916, page 4f.
An obituary of W.T. Foster is in the Observer, 12 June 1915, page 44a,
of E.B. Colton on 26 August 1916, page 33a,
of H.V. Rounsevell on 17 May 1919, page 14b,
of C.J. Dashwood on 12 July 1919, page 42b,
of E.B. Grundy, KC, on 3 January 1920, page 28b,
of Rupert Pelly on 19 June 1920, page 19a,
of R. Cruickshank on 1 April 1922, page 31a,
of J.W. Bakewell on 7 April 1923, page 35e,
of G. Degenhardt on 9 May 1925, page 44b,
of L.W. Bakewell on 8 August 1925, page 44a,
of E.J. Cox on 5 June 1926, page 11b,
of W.F. Owen on 14 July 1928, page 49c.
An obituary of Joseph Ashton is in the Register, 10 July 1916, page 4g,
of E.B. Colton on 21 August 1916, page 4h,
of Joseph J. Stuckey on 23 April 1917, page 6g.
An obituary of Thomas Gepp, Police Magistrate, is in the Observer, 2 September 1916, page 32d,
of J.T. Keats, Stipendiary Magistrate, on 22 September 1917, page 43c,
of William Johnstone, Stipendiary Magistrate, on 5 March 1921, page 31e,
of T.J.S. O'Halloran, Stipendiary Magistrate, on 14 January 1922, page 29c,
of T.R. Bright, Special Magistrate, on 13 December 1924, page 45a.
An obituary of Mr J.T. Keats, SM, is in the Express, 13 September 1917, page 2b,
of Justice Poole in the Observer, 7 May 1927, page 28c.
An obituary of W.G. Stretton, SM, is in the Register, 10 January 1920, page 7a,
of Rupert Pelly on 16 June 1920, page 7a,
of William Johnstone, SM, on 25 February 1921, page 7c,
of Edwin J. Cox on 1 June 1926, page 10h,
of Donald Kerr on 31 January 1928, page 9e,
of Rupert Ingleby, KC, on 16 July 1930, page 4c.
An obituary of H.H. Mildred is in the Observer, 1 January 1921, page 19a (also see Register, 16 August 1919, page 9e),
of William Johnstone, SM, on 5 March 1921, page 31e,
of R.H. Lathlean on 26 March 1921, page 34b,
of A.J. Foster on 27 August 1921, page 20d,
of M.M. Bray on 9 July 1927, page 43c.
An obituary of Sir John Gordon is in the Observer, 29 December 1923, page 43c.
"Sir John Gordon's Life" is in the Observer, 30 April 1927, page 63c.
An obituary of S.J. Jacobs is in The News, 4 January 1937, page 5h.
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