CATEGORIA I. BASES SOCIALES EN LA VIOLENCIA FAMILIAR
2.1 ORIGEN Y CAUSAS
2.3. MIEMBROS VIOLENTADORES EN LA FAMILIA
1788-1 8 5 1 ,
Sydney
Foundations of the AustraZian Nonetaru System
U n i v e rs i ty Pre s s 1 968 ,
cap .8 , sec. ( a ) ,
passim.5 1 .
CoZoniaZ Times,24 J u l y and 7 Au g u s t 1 832 .
represen ta t i o n .
Th ree of th e offi c i a l members nomi n ated afte r 1 83 2 were
appoi nted wi thout reference to Arthu r . The Rural Dean Phi l i p
Palmer , Bedford ' s s u ccessor as h ead of the C h u rch Estab l i s hmen t , was more i n terested i n the s p i r i tu al wel fare o f h i s fl o ck than i n h i s d u t i e s a s a Leg i s l ative Counci 1 1 0 r . 62 J oh n Gregory , I"lho too k h i s seat a s Col oni al Treasurer was a ci vi l s ervant by profes s i o n .
He had been noted for the e ff i c i ency and i n tegri ty Vl i th \1h i c h he s e rved the admi n i s trati ons of the Cape Col ony and Mauri t i u s . 63 The
s u cces sor to O ' Ferral l as Col l ector o f Cus toms , George Barne s , was , l i ke Gregory , a career admi n i s trator. Barnes , hmvever , proved u n -
i mpress i ve in t h e Legi s l ati ve Counci l . D u r i ng h i s absen ces from the
col ony , h i s pos i ti o n as Col l ector of C u s toms and seat on the Cou n c i l
was occu D ied by Wi l l i am Pro ctor. Proctor was con s i dered by the press
a s the mos t co l o u rf u l personal i ty th at ever s a t in the Cou n c i l chamber. His frequent outbursts of i ns p i re d oratory caused the
Colonial Times to c onfer on h i m the t i t1 e of ' Desmos th enes of the
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ounCl . . . 1 , 64By 1 834 hrt h u r had pu rged h i s admi n i s tration of i ts d i s ru pt i ve e l ements . The new offi c i a l members of the Legi s l ative Counci l were , �Ii th a few e x cepti ons , e i th e r career publ i c servants or men u po n whose
personal l oyal ty h e cou l d d e pen d . A l l ,Iere more abl e and more 62 . Corres ponden ce fi l e on Pal mer i n the T . S . A .
6 3 . Correspondence fi le o n Gregory i n t h e T . S . A .
acceptabl e than the i r predecessors. The non-offi c i a l s , exce pt i n g Kerr , ,Iere Arthu r ' s nomi nees . Judg i n g by the i r publ i c and personal conduct , i t wou l d appear that al l unders tood the L i eutenant-Govern o r ' s expectations o f them as members o f the Legi s l ati ve Coun ci l and h i s requ i rerrents l'li th regard to the i r 1 0Yi.' l ty to B ri t ish pol i cy i n tile
col ony. I n COrmlon l'li th the offi ci a 1 s , they respe cted h j s au th ori ty , e ff i c ie ncy and percepti venes s , and feared h i s treatment o f those I'lho devi ated from h i s standards .
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Arthu r ' s a s cende n cy over the newly cons t i tuted Leqi s l a ti ve
Counci l 11as e s tab l i s hed during the e a r l y 1 830s . From 1 829 to 1 83 2
the L i e u tenant-Gove rn or e v i n ced l i tt l e i ncl i n ation t o u s e the l e g i s -
l ature , the Counci l bei n g consul ted regul arly o n l y i n 1 830. I n 1 329 , despite Arth u r ' s c l aims tha t much u rgent b u s i ne s s was accumu l a t i n g ,
i t d i d not mee t because the new C ounc i l chambe r , bei n g e re cted adj a c ent to Government House ' a t a very moderate expense , 65 , ·.1a s n o t ready for use . I n 1 83 1 the Counc i l met briefly to cons i de r a b i l l afT12nding
the nevi Royal Charter of Jus ti ce . I n the fol l owi n g yea r the re vias
no s e s s i o n because Arth u r , acting on the adv ice of the governme n t
l e ga l offi ce rs , bel ieved that a cts passed du r i n g t h a t year might n o t become e ffective , s i n ce the Sunreme Court a s recently e stahl i s hed by
the Royal Charter , \vas n ot i n a pos i t i o n to rev i ew l eg i s l ation u n ti l
the Pui sne J udge h a d been appoi n ted to tha t Court. 56 Duri ng thi s
6 5 . A rthur to rlurray , 9 " larch 1 830 . G . O . 3 3/ 7.
6 6 . L i eutenant-So vernor ' s Address , Draft " I i n utes o f Pro cee d i n gs o f the Legi s l ative Counci l , 23 Au g u s t 1 G33 .
per i od , i t was demon strated , a l b e i t impl i ci tly, th a t the L i e utenant Governor cou l d govern wi tho u t reference to thp L eg i s l a ture .
Arthur con ti nued to use h i s pos i ti on a s pres i de n t to ma i ntai n h i s i nfl u en ce . The regul ati o n s governi ng the Counc i l ' s pro ceed i n g s , until 1 833 , were i n the ma i n unwri tten and re l i an t upon the d i s cret i on of the cha i rman . Arthur ' s ru l in9s were a ccepted vli thout quest i on . Meet i ngs , al though no l onger conducted in eal11eY'a, IHere c 1 0 sed , i n
s p i t e of the con s ta n t p l e a s o n the part of j o u rn a l i s ts , who i mpl ored Arthur to ' th row open the doors of the Coun c i l c hambe r ' so that the press m i g h t , ' as i n Great Bri tai n , e n l i gh te n the i nh ab i tants on the proceedi ngs of the Counci l and i ntroduce the powerful fo rce of publ i c o p i n ion i n to the col o n i a l l eg i s l ature and the future o f t h e col ony . , 67
D i scu s s i on was usua l l y desul to ry . Members , i nexpe r i e n ced i n parti c i pati ng i n a l e g i s l a ture , �/ere subdued by the mys t i q u e attached to the trad i t i o n and the comp l e x i ty of the ru l es and pro ceed i ngs . Many of the non -offi c i a l members made o n l y i n termi tteni aDpe arances
a t meetings and thus l acked conti n u i ty of knoviledge about i s s ue s u nder con s i"derat i o n .
Some o f t n e mos t importa n t l eg i sl a t i o n dea l t wi th d u r i n g the
1 830 sess i on was i n troduced a t the i n s truc ti on o f the Secretary of S tate and concerned wi th matters wh ich required expert and s pe c i a l i zed
l egal k nowl edge . The seve n teenth and e i ghteenth section o f the
Hu s k i sson Act empowered the Li eutenant-Go\ ernor and the L eg i s l a t i ve Counci l to create a court of General anrl Qual'ter S e s s i o n s and a
Court of Req u e s ts . 63 The Secretary of State had advi s e d that the s e courts b e created a s soon a s pos s i b l e , IIh i l e the Secretary of State
was rel u ctant to i s s u e speci fi c i ns tructi on s a s to the ru l es and regu-
l at i ons of th e s e courts , lie made it c l ear that it was n o t permi s s i b l e to extend tri a l by j u ry to Cou rt of General and Quarter s e s s i on s . 69 I n pursuance of th ese i n s truct i ons , the Attorney-Gener a l , wi th the ai
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of the Sol i ci tor-General , drafted the n eces sary b i l l s , one bei n9An Act to Institute a Court of GeneraL and Quarter Sess ions and the
other An Act to institute a Court of Requests. Duri n g del i berations
in Counci l , Attorney-General Montagu exp l a i ned each s e c ti on of the bi l l s and the members , who were u nacquai nted w i th the f i n e r p o i n t s of the l aw , passed the bi l l wi thout que s t i o n . 70 The Quarte r and General Ses s i o n s Act , after being transmitted to the Su preme Court fo r r e v i ew ,
was rejected by the Ch ief Justi ce . Pedder r u l e d that one part i c u l ar
cl ause was repugnant to the Hu s k i sson Act
i n so far as i t makes l i ab l e to the su mmary juri sdi ction of the Court of General and r,� arter s e s s iens persons not b e i n g fe l ons or o th e r offenders tr ansDorted to the co l on y , 'o'lh o s e sentence s h ave expi red or h ave been remi tte d .
6 3 . 9 Geo . I V ,cap. 8 3 , s e c . 1 7 and 1 8 .
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6 9 . Hurray to Arth u r , 3 1 J u l y 1 82 8 , G . O . 1 / 7 .
7 0 . Draft �:in utes o f Proceedinos of the Legi s l at i v e Counc i l ,