Murray Buttrose

Murray Buttrose
Born31 July 1903
Australia
Died8 September 1987 (aged 84)
Alma materUniversity of Adelaide
OccupationColonial judge
Years active1927–1977
Children1 son

Murray Buttrose (31 July 1903 – 8 September 1987) was an Australian colonial judge who served as Solicitor General of Singapore.

Early life and education

Buttrose was born on 31 July 1903 in Australia to William and Frances Buttrose, both British. He was educated at St Peter's College, Adelaide and the University of Adelaide in South Australia.[1]

Career

Buttrose was admitted and enrolled as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of South Australia in 1927. During the Second World War he served as wing-commander with the Royal Air Force (1940-45). In 1946, he joined the British Colonial Service as Crown Counsel in Supreme Court of Singapore and rose to Senior Crown Counsel in 1949.[2] During the British Military Administration, he took a leading role as prosecutor in several Japanese collaboration cases. He served as a temporary member in the Legislative Council. In 1955, he was appointed Solicitor General, Singapore and from 1956 to 1968, served as a Puisne Judge and sat as a member of the Federal Court of Appeal.[1][3][4][5][6]

Buttrose presided over some of the biggest criminal cases in Singapore. He was described by Singapore's ambassador to France: "As a prosecutor he was very tough and was a very tough judge, very strong on order, rather hard on criminals, but fair", and by senior local lawyers as: "Very sharp and very brisk...He liked lawyers to conduct their cases with speed and not waiver about".[4]

Two of the most memorable cases held before him were the Pulau Senang Trial (1964) in which 60 detainees of a penal settlement were charged with three counts of murder and rioting, of which 18 were given death sentences and hanged, and the Sunny Ang Trial (1965) in which the accused was hanged for murder-at-sea of his girlfriend whose body was never found.[3][4][5]

In 1959, he served as Chairman of the Commission of the Inquiry established to investigate Chew Swee Kee, a Singaporean politician and Minister of Education, accused of receiving foreign funds.[5][7]

Buttrose was admitted as a solicitor in England in 1955. He served as a Recorder of the Crown Court from 1972 to 1974, and as a Deputy Circuit Judge from 1975 to 1977. He retired to Australia.[1]

Personal life and death

Buttrose married Jean Marie Bowering in 1935 and they had a son.[1]

Buttrose died on 8 September 1987, aged 84.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Who was who 1981-1990 : a companion to Who's who. Internet Archive. London : A. & C. Black. 1991. p. 112. ISBN 978-0-7136-3336-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. ^ "Appointments for Singapore". The Straits Times. 9 December 1946. p. 5.
  3. ^ a b "Two S'pore Judges to retire". The Straits Times. 21 December 1967. p. 1.
  4. ^ a b c "S'pore's last expat judge Buttrose dies, 84". The Straits Times. 19 September 1987. p. 6.
  5. ^ a b c "Mr. Justice Buttrose, Lord Asquith and the Quick Dispensation of Justice". The Straits Times. 21 July 1968. p. 18.
  6. ^ "Colony has new judge". The Straits Times. 13 March 1951. p. 5.
  7. ^ "Singapore City investigation adjourned". The Times. 8 April 1959. p. 13.
  8. ^ "S'pore's last expat judge Buttrose dies, 84". The Straits Times. 19 September 1987.

Photographs of Murray Buttrose at National Archives of Singapore

Read other articles:

Direktorat Keamanan Internasional dan Perlucutan Senjata (bahasa Inggris: Directorate of International Security and Disarmament) disingkat Dit KIPS adalah sebuah direktorat Kementerian Luar Negeri Republik Indonesia dibawah naungan Direktorat Jenderal Kerja Sama Multilateral. Direktorat ini memiliki tugas untuk melaksanakan sebagian tugas Direktorat Jenderal Kerja Sama Multilateral di bidang keamanan internasional, senjata pemusnah massal dan senjata konvensional, penanggulangan kejahatan lin...

 

Rute yang diambil oleh Lot 41. Ekspedisi penyeberangan Laut Tasman dilakukan oleh Justin Jones dan James Castrission, dua pemuda dari Australia. Mereka menyeberangi Laut Tasman, dari Australia ke Selandia Baru hanya dengan menggunakan kayak. Ekspedisi ini memegang rekor sebagai ekspedisi menyeberang lautan terpanjang yang dilakukan dengan menggunakan kayak berkapasitas dua awak.[1] Percobaan untuk menyeberangi Laut Tasman dengan kayak pernah dilakukan sebelumnya oleh Andrew McAuley pa...

 

Johnny Chapman dan MSRP yang terkenal sering melakukan praktik start and park di dekade 2000-an. Start and park atau secara harfiah diartikan sebagai memulai dan berhenti adalah sebuah istilah yang digunakan dalam balap mobil, terutama dalam balapan yang disetujui NASCAR, untuk menggambarkan praktik tim balap yang memulai balapan tetapi menarik mobil keluar dari lintasan setelah hanya beberapa lap untuk mengumpulkan uang hadiah sambil menghindari pengeluaran seperti ban pengganti, keausan mes...

1915 West Point graduate and career U.S. Army officer 1915–1953. Roscoe Barnett WoodruffNickname(s)Woody, SpikeBorn(1891-02-09)February 9, 1891Oskaloosa, Iowa, United StatesDiedJuly 24, 1975(1975-07-24) (aged 84)San Antonio, Texas, United StatesAllegianceUnited StatesService/branchUnited States ArmyYears of service1915–1953RankMajor GeneralService numberO-3819UnitInfantry BranchCommands heldXV CorpsFirst ArmyI Corps24th Infantry Division84th Infantry DivisionXIX CorpsVII Corps77...

 

Grafis yang menunjukkan perbedaan disinformasi (sengaja), misinformasi tidak sengaja, dan hoaks menurut Wikimedia Research Disinformasi adalah informasi palsu yang sengaja disebarkan untuk menipu.[1][2][3] Disinformasi adalah bagian dari misinformasi, yang mungkin juga tidak disengaja. Kata bahasa Inggris disinformation adalah pinjam terjemah dari kata bahasa Rusia dezinformatsiya,[1][2][3] berasal dari nama sebuah departemen propaganda hitam KG...

 

Questa voce sull'argomento stagioni delle società calcistiche italiane è solo un abbozzo. Contribuisci a migliorarla secondo le convenzioni di Wikipedia. Segui i suggerimenti del progetto di riferimento. Voce principale: Circolo Sportivo Trevigliese. Circolo Sportivo TreviglieseStagione 1923-1924Sport calcio Squadra Trevigliese Seconda Divisione4º posto nel girone D. StadioCampo C.S. Trevigliese 1922-1923 1924-1925 Si invita a seguire il modello di voce Questa pagina raccoglie l...

1910–1945 province of Korea under Japan Kōkai Province黃海道Former province of Korea, Empire of JapanCapitalKaishūHistory • Established August 29, 1910• Disestablished August 15, 1945 Today part ofNorth KoreaSouth Korea Kōkai-dō (黃海道, Korean: 황해도), alternatively Kōkai Province, was a province of Korea under Japanese rule. Its capital was at Kaishū (now Haeju). The province consisted of what is now the Hwanghae Province of North Korea. Populat...

 

Quantum physics-based metaheuristic for optimization problems For other uses, see Annealing (disambiguation). This article may be too technical for most readers to understand. Please help improve it to make it understandable to non-experts, without removing the technical details. (January 2022) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Quantum annealing (QA) is an optimization process for finding the global minimum of a given objective function over a given set of candidate solutio...

 

AirportMcGrath AirportIATA: MCGICAO: PAMCFAA LID: MCGSummaryAirport typePublicOwnerState of Alaska DOT&PF - Central RegionServesMcGrath, AlaskaElevation AMSL341 ft / 104 mCoordinates62°57′10″N 155°36′25″W / 62.95278°N 155.60694°W / 62.95278; -155.60694MapMCGLocation of airport in AlaskaRunways Direction Length Surface ft m 16/34 5,936 1,809 Asphalt 5/23 2,000 610 Gravel Statistics (2012)Aircraft operations11,000Based aircraft10Source: Fed...

Éphémérides Chronologie du Québec 1993 1994 1995  1996  1997 1998 1999Décennies au Québec :1960 1970 1980  1990  2000 2010 2020 Chronologie dans le monde 1993 1994 1995  1996  1997 1998 1999Décennies :1960 1970 1980  1990  2000 2010 2020Siècles :XVIIIe XIXe  XXe  XXIe XXIIeMillénaires :-Ier Ier  IIe  IIIe Chronologies géographiques Afrique Afrique du Sud, Algérie, Angola, Bénin, Botswana, Burkina Faso...

 

1950 film A Life of Her OwnTheatrical posterDirected byGeorge CukorWritten byIsobel LennartBased onThe Abiding Vision(1935 novella)by Rebecca WestProduced byVoldemar VetluguinStarringLana TurnerRay MillandCinematographyGeorge J. FolseyEdited byGeorge WhiteMusic byBronisław KaperProductioncompanyMetro-Goldwyn-MayerDistributed byLoew's Inc.Release date September 1, 1950 (1950-09-01) Running time108 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget$1,818,000[1]Box office$1...

 

Частина серії проФілософіяLeft to right: Plato, Kant, Nietzsche, Buddha, Confucius, AverroesПлатонКантНіцшеБуддаКонфуційАверроес Філософи Епістемологи Естетики Етики Логіки Метафізики Соціально-політичні філософи Традиції Аналітична Арістотелівська Африканська Близькосхідна іранська Буддій�...

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: North Mesquite High School – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (January 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this message) School in Mesquite, Texas, United StatesNorth Mesquite High SchoolExterior of North Mesquite High SchoolAddress18201 LBJ FreewayM...

 

Conservancy in British Columbia, Canada Burdwood Group ConservancyIUCN category II (national park)[1]Humpback whale surfacing within Burdwood Group ConservancyLocationMount Waddington RD, British ColumbiaNearest cityPort HardyCoordinates50°47′50″N 126°28′25″W / 50.79722°N 126.47361°W / 50.79722; -126.47361Area121 ha (300 acres)DesignationConservancyEstablished13 March 2009Governing bodyBC ParksWebsiteBC Parks Burdwood Group The Burdwo...

 

Questa voce o sezione sull'argomento armi da fuoco è priva o carente di note e riferimenti bibliografici puntuali. Commento: Voce breve, ma con note insufficienti: voce perciò inaffidabile. Sebbene vi siano una bibliografia e/o dei collegamenti esterni, manca la contestualizzazione delle fonti con note a piè di pagina o altri riferimenti precisi che indichino puntualmente la provenienza delle informazioni. Puoi migliorare questa voce citando le fonti più precisamente. Segui i sugger...

قرين أبو البول   الموقع قطر  إحداثيات 24°56′46″N 51°11′04″E / 24.946111111111°N 51.184444444444°E / 24.946111111111; 51.184444444444   الارتفاع 103 متر  تعديل مصدري - تعديل   قُرَيْن أَبُو اَلْبَوْل هي أعلى نقطة في قطر، بارتفاع 103 متر (338 قدم)، تقع جنوب شبه الجزيرة بالقرب من الحدود مع المم...

 

Former art school in London, England Grosvenor School of Modern Art33 Warwick Square, the former home of the Grosvenor School of Modern Art (scaffolded, centre)Active1925 (1925)–1940 (1940)[1]FounderIain MacnabLocationLondon, United Kingdom51°29′23″N 0°08′30″W / 51.4896°N 0.1418°W / 51.4896; -0.1418Campus33 Warwick Square, Pimlico The Grosvenor School of Modern Art was a private British art school and, in its shortened form (Grosvenor Sc...

 

Volcanic caldera in Italy Not to be confused with Colli Albani (Rome Metro). Alban HillsColli AlbaniMonte Cavo (the Alban Mount) and Alban LakeHighest pointPeakMaschio delle FaeteElevation956 m (3,136 ft)Coordinates41°43′48″N 12°42′00″E / 41.73000°N 12.70000°E / 41.73000; 12.70000GeographyAlban HillsEast of Rome, Italy GeologyMountain typeStratovolcanoLast eruption5,000 BC The Alban Hills (Italian: Colli Albani) are the caldera remains of a q...

SchoolSt Margaret's CollegeKilburn House at St Margaret's CollegeAddress12 Winchester Street, Merivale, ChristchurchCoordinates43°31′04″S 172°37′27″E / 43.5177°S 172.6243°E / -43.5177; 172.6243InformationTypePrivate: Fully Registered girls' school (Years 1–13) with boarding facilitiesMottoLatin: Beati Mundo Corde(Blessed Are The Pure In Heart)Established1910Ministry of Education Institution no.333ChairpersonDi HumphriesExecutive PrincipalDiana Patch...

 

此條目没有列出任何参考或来源。 (2013年10月29日)維基百科所有的內容都應該可供查證。请协助補充可靠来源以改善这篇条目。无法查证的內容可能會因為異議提出而被移除。 图米里廷加Tumiritinga市镇图米里廷加在巴西的位置坐标:18°58′44″S 41°38′42″W / 18.9789°S 41.645°W / -18.9789; -41.645国家巴西州米纳斯吉拉斯州面积 • 总计496.783 平方公里(191...