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Show I fr JUDGE WHO TRIED CRIPPEN f I t I Lord Alverstouo, chief Justice of England, Is I j S tno Uli0 "oforo whom Dr. Harvoy II. Crlppon 1 i' , fZy was trlc( for 11,0 murder of his wife, and It was' ., L j i h fa, ho who sentenced tho American dentist to bo s Kz$f hanged. Lord Alvcrstono Is regarded In England i J. I $&0if?t il nB 1,av,nB exceptional Judicial ability. Ho wa ' .' i $vffi&'aft !' born ln December, 1842, the second son of Thorn-, - WVT? I as Wobstor, Q. C, and Elizabeth, oldest daughtor T V?- r of u,clmrd Calthrop, Swlnoshead Abboy, Lincoln- ! J JvtjW ML 1 shlro- 110 wna 0(lucnte(1 at KnB's College School, ' if bJJi n nt Chartorliouso. and at Trinity Collego, Cam- I Sam, V&iJ- bridge whore he was Scholar, thirty-fifth Wran4 t rSV 'it B,or' an(1 tn,r(1-class Classic. Ho becamo a barJ ' 1 Wfffflfffi fit rtf "lstor ln 18G8: Jlno(1 tno South-Eastorn Sorvicd X KmM'TSS.I IF Vj circuit: later, was appointed Tubman, and, aftor wflfW?M ) that, Postman, of tho Court of Exchequer. Ha ' took silk ten years aftor ho was called. In 1880 bo contested Dowdloy, and llvo years later ho becamo M. P. for Launccston. From tho same year until 1900, when ho was appointed Lord Chlof Justice! of England, ho was M. P. (Conservative) for tho Islo of Wight. Ho was at-tornoy-gcnoral from 1885 to 188G, from 188G to 1892, and from 1895 to 1900. In tho last-named year ho becamo Mnster of tho noils. In 1872 ho marrlod Louisa, only dnughtor of William Calthrop. of Wlthorn, Lincolnshire. Tho first part of tho lord chlof Justice's summing up ln tho celebrated caso consisted of nn analysis of Crlppon's own story. Aftor telling tho Jurora thoy must bo satlsllcd upon tho evldonco tho crown had mado out, or othor-. wlso tho prisoner was ontltlod to ncqulttal, Lord Alverstono said tho Jury, would agroo that Crlppon. If guilty, was an extraordinary man, who had committed a ghastly crlmo and had covered It up ln most brutal and callous; t manner. If Crlppon- was Innocent, tho Judgo declared, It was Imposslblo to,' 5jjj- tathom his mind. |