BELOVED MAGISTRATE
THIEF'S ACTION RECALLED LONDON Dec. 15. The death of Sir Robert Dumrnett has robbed the London Bench 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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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24827, 29 January 1942, Page 6
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90BELOVED MAGISTRATE Otago Daily Times, Issue 24827, 29 January 1942, Page 6
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