Heffey and Butler

Name: HEFFEY & BUTLER
Activity: Lawyers
Date Range: 1944–1976
Quantity: 2 cm.
Description: Papers include regarding the Referendum to ban Communism, 1951 and the banning of Major Fox of the "Inter Alia Catholic Worker", April 1955; Catholic publications re. social issues; copy of the "Catholic Worker", New York; other copies of "The Catholic Worker", Melbourne; other publications.
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Accession Number: 78 / 101
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Accession Number: 78/101
Name: HEFFEY & BUTLER
Sex: Male
Group: Other, individuals
Activity:Lawyers
Location:Melbourne
Historical Note: Gerard Heffey and Thomas Butler were over many years prominent in Catholic lay activities, notably the Campion Society and, in Butler's case, The Catholic Worker. After the A.L.P. split of 1955, both became critical of the role of the National Civic Council in Australian politics. Thomas Butler died in January 2005; Gerard Heffey died in October 2005.
Earliest Date: 1944
Latest Date: 1976
Access: Open
Quantity: 2 cm.
Description: Papers include regarding the Referendum to ban Communism, 1951 and the banning of Major Fox of the "Inter Alia Catholic Worker", April 1955; Catholic publications re. social issues; copy of the "Catholic Worker", New York; other copies of "The Catholic Worker", Melbourne; other publications.
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Organisations:Catholic Church
Places:Melbourne
New York
Subjects:Catholic Church
Religion
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Name: HEFFEY & BUTLER
Activity: Lawyers
Date Range: 1931-1970
Quantity: 9 archives boxes
Description: Campion Society minutes 1933-1934; reports and correspondence 1934–1936; journal 1938–1939; papers relating to "The Catholic Worker"; material (including books) gathered by Butler on the relations between Church and State 1955-1965; correspondence on religious matters 1965–1970.
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Accession Number: 76 / 58
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Accession Number: 76/58
Name: HEFFEY & BUTLER
Sex: Male
Group: Other, individuals
Activity:Lawyers
Location:Melbourne
Historical Note: Gerard Heffey and Thomas Butler were over many years prominent in Catholic lay activities, notably the Campion Society and, in Butler's case, The Catholic Worker. After the A.L.P. split of 1955, both became critical of the role of the National Civic Council in Australian politics. Thomas Butler died in January 2005; Gerard Heffey died in October 2005.
Earliest Date: 1931
Latest Date: 1970
Access: Open
Quantity: 9 archives boxes
Description: Campion Society minutes 1933–1934; reports and correspondence 1934–1936; journal 1938–1939; papers relating to "The Catholic Worker"; material (including books) gathered by Butler on the relations between Church and State 1955–1965; correspondence on religious matters 1965–1970.
Persons:
Organisations:Campion Society
Places:Melbourne
Subjects:Catholic Church
Religion
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Name: HEFFEY & BUTLER
Activity: Lawyers
Date Range: 1961–1962
Quantity: 0.26 metres (2 boxes)
Description: Tait case legal papers and opinions: correspondence; transcripts; subsequent proceedings in the matter of Robert Peter Tait for special leave to appeal against the judgement of orders of the Supreme Court sentence to death 1962; Supreme Court of Victoria in its jurisdiction before Lowe, Smith, Pope; High Court of Australia N.S.W. Registry; High Court of Australia Principal Registry.
Listed: Yes listed
Accession Number: 77 / 30
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Accession Number: 77/30
Name: HEFFEY & BUTLER
Sex: Male
Group: Other, individuals
Activity:Lawyers
Location:Melbourne
Historical Note: Heffey and Butler acted for Robert Peter Tait in 1962 in his appeal for a stay of execution on the grounds of insanity. Tait had been convicted in 1961 for the murder of a woman and sentenced to death. Debate raged in Parliament and the press about capital punishment and Tait's state of mind at the time of his offence. The State Government argued vigorously for Tait's hanging and several dates were set for the execution. On 5 December 1962, the death sentence was commuted after certificates had shown Tait's mental health to be impaired. He was sent to jail with his papers marked "never to be released" and would die in 1984 as Victoria's longest serving prisoner. Thomas Butler died in January 2005; Gerard Heffey died in October 2005.
Earliest Date: 1961
Latest Date: 1962
Access: Open
Quantity: 0.26 metres (2 boxes)
Description: Tait case legal papers and opinions: correspondence; transcripts; subsequent proceedings in the matter of Robert Peter Tait for special leave to appeal against the judgement of orders of the Supreme Court sentence to death 1962; Supreme Court of Victoria in its jurisdiction before Lowe, Smith, Pope; High Court of Australia N.S.W. Registry; High Court of Australia Principal Registry.
Persons:Tait, Robert Peter
Organisations:
Places:Victoria
New South Wales
Subjects:Law
Capital punishment
Listed: Yes listed
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