Dr. Endre Gáll (16 July 1868 – 10 December 1935) was a
Hungarian jurist, who served as
Crown Prosecutor of Hungary between 1 October 1934 and 14 June 1935.
Biography
Endre Gáll was born in
Nagykőrös
Nagykőrös is a town in Pest County, Hungary.
János Arany taught there from about 1851, and a local museum is named for him.
Notable people
*Szabolcs Czira (b. 1951), politician
*Frigyes Hegedűs (1920–2008), pentathlete
*István Kecskés ( ...
on 16 July 1868 into a Calvinist family as the son of vice-notary and archivist Endre Gáll, Sr. (1834–1909) and Judit Ács. His father later became the first President of the Royal Court of Kecskemét and awarded
Order of Leopold by Emperor-King
Francis Joseph I
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. Endre, Jr. finished his secondary studies at Piarist gymnasiums of
Wiener Neustadt
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and Kecskemét. He earned his law degree at
University of Budapest
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and
Heidelberg University
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. He became prosecutor in 1898 and relocated to
Budapest
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. He passed bar exam in 1904. He was appointed to the Crown Prosecution of
Pest County in 1905.
Gáll served as prosecutor at the trial of the infamous
Dános murders from 1907 to 1908. Later he called this role as the "greatest criminal investigation" in his life. In 1915, he was appointed President of the Crown Prosecution of Pest County in 1915. On 1 October 1934, he was appointed Crown Prosecutor by Minister of Justice
Andor Lázár, thus also became a member of the House of Magnates. However he soon fell ill and retired on 14 June 1935. He died on 10 December 1935.
References
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A magyarországi fő-főügyészek (HVG Archívum)
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1868 births
1935 deaths
Hungarian jurists
Heidelberg University alumni
People from Nagykőrös
People from Austria-Hungary