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Gurner, Henry Field
Date of birth: 1819
Date of death: 1883
Biography: Henry Field Gurner became a clerk under his father in the Supreme Court in 1834, he then worked Francis Fisher - the crown solicitor. In 1841 was admitted as an attorney, solicitor and proctor in New South Wales. On 10 February he was appointed deputy-registrar and clerk of the Supreme Court of New South Wales for the Port Phillip District and in May became the first attorney, solicitor and proctor admitted in Melbourne. Gurner was crown solicitor of Victoria from July 1851 until he retired in November 1880. At the preliminary trial in Beechworth Henry Gurner was the Crown Prosecutor instructing Charles Smyth and Arthur Chomley in the case The Queen v. Edward Kelly. During a brief recall as crown solicitor he died at the Melbourne Club on 17 April 1883.
Activities/Occupation: Lawyers
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