In Memoriam
| Date | 01 December 1969 |
| DOI | 10.1177/000486586900200401 |
| Published date | 01 December 1969 |
| Subject Matter | Obituary |
AUST. &N.Z. JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY (Dec., 1969): 2, 4 193
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In
Memoriam
IT
is
with
deep
regret
that
we record
the
death
of
our
Foundation
President,
the
Hon. Sir
John
Barry on
the
8th
November,
1969.
His death,
after
afairly
short
terminal
illness, took place
within
two weeks of
the
first Biennial General Meeting of
the
Society.
Sir
John
Barry
was no narrow
Jurist;
his interests were wide
and
diverse as was noted in a recent Editorial recording
his
award
of
the
degree of Doctor of Laws of
the
University of Melbourne.
His background was a
traditional
Catholic schooling which led
to Melbourne University which also led to admission to
the
Bar.
During his time
at
the
Bar
he stood as a Labor
Party
candidate
for Federal
Parliament.
He was appointed King's Counsel in
1941.
Before
his
appointment
as a Supreme Court Judge
he
was
a Royal Commissioner in relation to a
number
of
national
issues.
In
1946
he was appointed Judge of
the
Supreme Court of Victoria.
In
this
appointment
he
spent
much
of his time
in
the
Divorce
Jurisdiction which permitted
him
to indulge his
interest
in
criminological
matters
and
in
particular
to accept
the
Chairman-
ships of
the
Parole Board
and
of
the
Board of Studies of
Criminology
at
Melbourne University.
This recitation of biographical
data
cannot
do justice to
Sir
John,
the
man,
as opposed to Sir
John,
the
public figure.
Sir
John,
the
man,
was a person of imagination
and
erudition who
had
the
priceless capacity of communication, in
both
the
written
and
spoken word. He was a person who was able to
relate
to
those of all
ranks
in all walks of life. And he was
an
individual
who
had
his own
standards
and
values by which
he
lived.
Apart from his
utterances
asa
Royal Commissioner
and
a
Judge of
the
Supreme Court, he should be considered as one of
the
outstanding
Australian criminologists of
international
stature.
At overseas conferences, should he
not
be
attending,
delegates from
many
different countries would ask
after
"Judge
Barry"
or "
John
Barry".
To us, his
death
represents
the
end
of
an
era,
but
we feel
happy
and
privileged to have known him.
In
expressing our feelings
of loss of a colleague
and
leader of
our
Society, we would also wish
to express
our
sympathy
to his widow
and
children.
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