London, June 13.
The Rt. Hon, Sir Horace Avery, senior Judge of the King's Bench Division of the High Court, was found, dead in bed to-day at his golf club in Rye. He was 83 years of age.
Educated at King's College and. Corpus Christi College, Mr. Justice Avery became a barrisicr in 1875, and, 414 years later, was junior counsel 10, the Treasury, becoming senior counsel He was engaged in many notable eases which displayed his acumen and mastery of law. He presided, among others, over the trial for murder of P.'C. Gutteridge in 1928, and the Clarence Harry and Rasputin Libel actions, while} as Crown Counsel, acted as'prosecutor in the case of the Jameson raiders. Mr. Justice Avery was a member of the Privy
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