All articles by James Morton – Page 4
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Big drinker last man standing
Where I was articled the top floor was occupied by an ex-policeman, Sid Powell, who looked like the actor Jeremy Kemp and who went by the name Sandy.
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Articles and my room with a view
Not all staff had their own room or even desk at the suburban office where I was to be articled.
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Boxer who was a real contender
If there was a competition for lawyer as renaissance man or woman my entrant would be Edmund E Price, writes James Morton.
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Driving change in murder mystery
1902: the year Australia first saw journalists use a car to get their copy filed before competitors on a particularly sensational case.
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Risqué business taints law officers
It is sobering to look back at history to see how some of the ‘great and good’ behaved.
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Perils of absent body of evidence
News that a man thought to have been killed had been found hiding in a wood is a reminder of the dangers of going to trial in murder cases without a body.
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No reference to the perils of cash
It is probably a disciplinary offence not to take references from a prospective employee. Back in the 1960s it could merely be expensive.
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On the job hunt for POW towel
When Brougham’s towel - marked with his prisoner of war number - disappeared, all work stopped until it was recovered.
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Acrobat who was called to the bars
Jean Marie Jules Léotard created the art of the flying trapeze. You can’t get much further from the law than that.
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Faking it to get off the hook
Escaping traffic offences, avoiding child maintenance payments, and dodging a parking fine: reasons to fake your own death.
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When Saturday comes for law
My principal Simpson refused to close on a Saturday morning. And I believe he was right.
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Long and short arm of the law
Henry Rooth delivered such lengthy statements he talked himself into acquitting a man.
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McKenzie friends hit a half century
50 years ago this month saw the birth of the McKenzie friend.
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Solicitor vexed by village venom
Prosecution case that Harold Greenwood murdered his wife by poisoning was not a strong one.
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Legal lothario’s lethal liaison
One hundred years ago solicitor Harold Greenwood was charged with the murder of his wife.
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Perjury was only the beginning…
When Arthur Castro aka Orton was sentenced to 14 years for perjury in the Tichborne claim, it wasn’t the end of the case.