Wilfrid Lewis

Sir Wilfrid Hubert Poyer Lewis, OBE, DL (1881 – 15 March 1950) was a British judge, barrister, and ecclesiastical lawyer. He served as Junior Counsel to the Treasury (Common Law) (one of the British governments most senior lawyers) from 1930 to 1935. Then, from 1935 until his death, he was a Judge of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales.[1][2] He presided over the trial of the alleged murderer Timothy Evans in January 1950, two months before his death.

References

  1. ↑ "LEWIS, Sir Wilfrid Hubert Poyer". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. April 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  2. ↑ Stable, W. N.; Curthoys, M. C. (2004). "Lewis, Sir Wilfrid Hubert Poyer (1881–1950)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
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