Charles Leete Attenborough | |
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| Born | 12 January 1853 |
| Died | 7 March 1937 (aged 84) |
| Notable work | Harris's Criminal Law |
Charles Leete Attenborough (12 January 1853 - 6 March 1937) was an English solicitor and barrister, judge, and legal scholar. [1] [2]
Attenborough was admitted as a solicitor in 1875 and then called to the bar by Inner Temple in 1891. [3] He practiced on the Midland Circuit from chambers in the Temple, London. [4] From 1892 to 1912 he wrote the sixth to twelth editions of Harris's Principles of the Criminal Law . [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] He was an alderman of Middlesex and chairman of the county licensing committee, and from 1918 to 1936 he was the Recorder of Great Grimsby. [1] [2]