BELOVED MAGISTRATE
THIEF'S ACTION RECALLED mi j „ . EOXpoX. Dec. 15 The death of Sir Robert Dummett has robbed the London bencli of one of its most popular figures. Sir Robert was a magistrate greatly beloved even by those whom he sentenced. He was fair and full of sympathy, as well as Just. Once he received from a thief a tray that had been stolen from his house and with it was this note: "You have been decent to a fellow that I know, and I am returning you something that is yours."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume 79, Issue 24178, 21 January 1942, Page 8
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92BELOVED MAGISTRATE New Zealand Herald, Volume 79, Issue 24178, 21 January 1942, Page 8
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