Malcolm Hilbery
Sir Malcolm Hilbery | |
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Justice of the High Court | |
In office 13 February 1935 – 10 January 1962 | |
Personal details | |
Education | University College School |
Sir George Malcolm Hilbery (14 July 1883 – 18 September 1965) was a British barrister and High Court judge.
The son of a City solicitor, Hilbery was educated at University College School, and was called to the bar by Gray's Inn in 1907. In 1927 he was elected a bencher of his Inn and appointed Recorder of Margate. He took silk in 1928.[1] In 1935, he was appointed to the High Court and assigned to the King's Bench Division, receiving the customary knighthood the same year. In 1959 he was made a privy councillor.[1] He retired in 1962.
One of the most famous cases he presided over was the murder of Gay Gibson. On 30 October 1952, he gave Christopher Craig's older brother, Niven, 12 years imprisonment for carrying out an armed robbery. Three days later, Christopher Craig shot dead PC Sidney Miles on a Croydon rooftop.
Hilbery wrote Duty and Art in Advocacy, which was first published in 1946. For many years a copy of this little book was presented to every Barrister on their being called to the Bar by The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn.[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b F. H. Cowper. "Hilbery, Sir (George) Malcolm". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/33862. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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