John Paxton Norman

English jurist

Sir John Paxton Norman ( 21 October 1819 – 21 September 1871) was an English jurist who the acting chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court. He was assassinated in 1871.

## Career[edit]

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[edit]

In 1871, while Norman was coming down the steps of the Kolkata Town Hall, an Indian Wahabi, 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[edit]

1. ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Norman, John Paxton" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co - via Wikisource.
2. ^ K. S. Bharathi (1998). Encyclopedeia of Eminent Thinkers. ISBN 9788180695810. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
3. ^ a b C. E. Buckland (1999). Dictionary of Indian Biography. ISBN 9788170208976. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
4. ^ "THE MURDER OF CHIEF JUSTICE NORMAN IN CALCUTTA". Retrieved 3 June 2018.
5. ^ Ram Narayan Kumar (6 November 2012). Martyred but Not Tamed: The Politics of Resistance in the Middle East. ISBN 9788132117254. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
6. ^ Volume-2: 1803-1920, G. S. Chhabra (2005). Advance Study in the History of Modern India. ISBN 9788189093075. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
7. ^ "Monument to John Paxton Norman". Retrieved 3 June 2018.

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