John Paxton Norman
John Paxton Norman ( 21 October 1819 - 21 September 1871) was the acting chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court.
Career
Paxton Norman was born in 1819; his father John Norman was a banker of Somerset. He was educated at Exeter Grammar School and Exeter College, Oxford, and then practiced as a special pleader. In 1862 he was called to the bar at the Inner Temple. In British India he worked as a Puisne Judge of The Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William till 1871. Sir Paxton Norman was appointed as acting Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court in 1870.[1]
Paxton Norman was unpopular among Wahabis for imposing heavy sentences.[2] He was the author of many legal treatises and papers, and also took active part in Calcutta University as the president of the Law faculty.[3]
Death
In 1871, while Norman was coming down the steps of the Kolkata Town Hall, a fanatical Muslim of the Wahabi sect, Abdullah, attacked him and stabbed him to death. He died on 21 September 1871.[4][5][6] Sir Paxton Norman was buried in St. Paul's Cathedral, Kolkata.[3][7]
References
- ↑ volume 3. "Alumni Oxoniensis (1715-1886)". en.wikisource.org. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
- ↑ K. S. Bharathi. "Encyclopedeia of Eminent Thinkers". Retrieved June 3, 2018.
- 1 2 C. E. Buckland. "Dictionary of Indian Biography". Retrieved June 3, 2018.
- ↑ "THE MURDER OF CHIEF JUSTICE NORMAN IN CALCUTTA". Retrieved June 3, 2018.
- ↑ Ram Narayan Kumar. "Martyred but Not Tamed: The Politics of Resistance in the Middle East". Retrieved June 3, 2018.
- ↑ Volume-2: 1803-1920, G. S. Chhabra. "Advance Study in the History of Modern India". Retrieved June 3, 2018.
- ↑ "Monument to John Paxton Norman". Retrieved June 3, 2018.