CATEGORIA I. BASES SOCIALES EN LA VIOLENCIA FAMILIAR
2.1 ORIGEN Y CAUSAS
2.3. CONSECUENCIAS PARA LA/EL ADULTA/O MAYOR
1 825 denounced the fact that four members of the Executive Counci l , namely.Arthu r , Pedder, the C o l o n i a l Secretary desi gnate Perceval and Humphrey \'Iere a l so members of the Legi s l a ti ve Counci l . I t
a l s o foun d d i stastefu l the presence o f the Chief Justi ce o n both Counci l s , 70 The CoZoniaZ Times constan t l y to l d its readers that the Legi s l ative Counci l , as presently consti tuted , functi oned merely as a rubber s tamp t o the Execut i ve , l endi n g i ts enactment to the
requi s i te l eg a l i ty . Its edi tor depl ored the fact that the l e g is- 1 ature met o n l y i n frequently , con ducted i ts proceedi ngs in cconera and pub l i shed l eg i s l ation after i t had become l a�I. 7 1
The Legi s l a t i ve Cou nci l ' s Acts �Iere cons t antly cri ti ci zed ,
The l egi s l at i on regu l at i ng the s a l e of spi ri tuous l i quors was de-
nounced as being detrimental to the Vlants of the commu n i ty and con-
s i dered demons trati ve of the ignorance of the 1 egi s 1 ators �Ii t h regard t o the needs of the free col on i st s , 72 The 1 827 Press Acts , ,;h i ch raised a hOVil of der i sion , were regarded as evi dence confi rmi n g the
suspici on that the L egi s l ative Counci l was the cre ature of the auto crati c Lieutenant-Governor. 73
The d i s grun t l e d e l ements i n the commun i ty expressed the i r d i s a9probat i o n of the exi sting system of government by echo i n g the 70. CoZoniaZ Times., 16 December 1 82 5 and 26 May 1 826 .
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CoZoniaZ Times, 1 0 February an d 24 November 1 826.72. CowniaZ Times, 3 and 2 4 November 1 82 6 .
7 3 . CoZoniaZ Times, 29 September 1 82 7 ; see a l s o Hobart Town Gazette , 22 September and 6 O ctober 1 82 7 .
New Sou th Wal es demand for l e g i s l a t i on by r@pre se n tati on and tri a l by j u ry . 74 They hoped that by a cq u i ri nq a representati ve l eg i s- lature , pol i t ical power wo u l d be transferred from the L i eu tenant-
Governor to them�e l v e s . Taki ng . the i r cue from t h e exampl e of
counterparts i n New South Wal e s , tHenty- fi v2 of the ' 1 eud i ng ' co l o n - i sts requi s i t i oned th e Sheri ff to convene a pub l i c mee t i n g where
expr e s s i on of o p i n i o n regardi ng the ' important s ubjects ' of l eg i s l ati on by representat i on and tri a l by jury m i g ht be g i ven . 75
The pub l i c mee t i ng took pl ace in Hobart Town on 1 3 March 1 827 and was attended by over t\'IO h u ndred of the ' mo s t \'Ie a l thy and res pe ct abl e i nh ab i tants . , 76 Among those present �Iere promi nent membe rs of the commerci a l and agri c u l tura l c i rcl e s who h ad peti t i o ned aga i n st
Sorel l ' s reca l l . These i ncl uded Edward Lord , W . A . Bethune , T . G . Gregson , Samuel Hood , Wi l l i am Gel l i brand . George Mere d i t h and An thony Fen n Kem p . Present too was J . T . Gel l i b rand the forme r
Attorney-Genera l . Th e speakers who addre ssed t h e mee ti ng a l l a greed that the e x i s t i n g l eg i s l ature d i d not meet the req u i reme n ts of th e
civ i l commu n i ty and the i n h a b i tants �lO u l d be sati sfied on l y �Ii t h the res t i tu t i o n of t
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ose rights to wh i c h they were as Engl i shmen enti tl ed , that i s to s ay , l eg i s l a t i on by representa t i o n and tri a l by j ury . A pet i t i on cal l i n g upon the B r i t i sh Government to grant the col o ny74. Co lonia l Times, 2 t�ar ch 1 82 7 . 7 5 . Colonial Times, 9 r,larch 1 82 7 .