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Tuesday, 23 November 2010

Marble tablet in the Grand Hall , Central Criminal Court

Marble tablet in the Grand Hall , Central Criminal Court
 
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Restoration of north west corner
The building was partially destroyed by enemy action
On the 10TH of may 1941
But the administration of justice within it continued
 
Fiat justitia ruat coelum
 
The restored n-w corner was opened
On the 14TH October 1952
BY
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORD MAYOR
SIR LESLIE BOYCE, KBE
SHERIFFS..... SYDNEY HAROLD GILLETT, MC, ALDERMAN
Sidney Joseph Fox, cc
Recorder..... Sir Gerald Dodson, kt
Chairman..... Alfred Samuel Henderson, ccc
City Lands Committee
City surveyor George Holliday.
 
The tablet also commemorates the names of
Harry Dart and Harold Sheehy
Members of staff who lost their lives in the
Faithful discharge of their duties
 
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( Latin inscription: " Let justice be done, though the heavens should fall." )

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