Satchi Ponnambalam - Judge, Supreme Court of Belize, Chief Magistrate of Belize, Senior State Advocate of Zambia.
An entirely wooden structure, it was destroyed by fire on 17 August 1918; then Governor-General William Hart-Bennett, who had come to render aid in extinguishing the fire, was hit by a flagpole and died of his injuries a few days later.
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A new reinforced concrete court house was built in 1926 in Belize City.
He is the only Belizean who has served in the executive, the legislative and the judicial arms of government, having served as a part-time judge of the Supreme Court of Belize.
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