Henry Emanuel Cohen (1 December 1840 – 5 January 1912) was a judge and politician in

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. Cohen was born in

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, the second son of Abraham Cohen of

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, and entered as a student at the

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in October 1868. In 1848 he family moved and in 1855 they moved to

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where Cohen attended

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In 1856 at age 16 he stated to work as a

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at David Cohen and Company, first in

then moved to

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until he

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in 1864. He went into business with his twin brother George opened a store in Bathurst until it was closed in 1867. In June 1871 he was called to the English bar, and returned to Sydney, where he was admitted to the local bar. On his return to Sydney was boat shipwrecked at

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n 1 November 1971 and has returned on streamer "Rangoon". On 15th December 1871 he was asmiitted to New South Wales Bar. On 21 December 1874 Cohen was elected for

in the

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. He was

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in the

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Ministry from December 1877 to December 1878. In May 1881 he was appointed District Court Judge for the Sydney Metropolitan and Coast District, but resigned the position, and re-entered politics, being

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in the

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Cabinet from January 1883 to October 1885. Cohen was appointed acting judge of the

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on 19 July 1895, and in 1896 accepted an offer of a permanent position on the bench. Cohen was inaugural president of the Arbitration Court, 1 April 1902 to 3 July 1905. Fanny, Lady Benjamin (c. 1839 – 18 February 1912), wife of Sir

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, MLC and

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, was a sister. In December 1910 he decided to leave absence from Supreme Court. In March 1911 he departed Sydney to visit England, France and Germany.On 5th January 1912 he died on board the SS' Friedrich der Grosse'. He is buried at Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney.

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