Sir George Malcolm Hilbery (14 July 1883 – 18 September 1965) was a British barrister and High Court judge. The son of a

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solicitor, Hilbery was educated at

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, and was

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in 1907. In 1927 he was elected a

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of his Inn and appointed Recorder of

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. He

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in 1928. In 1935, he was appointed to the High Court and assigned to the

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, receiving the customary

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the same year. In 1959 he was made a privy councillor. He retired in 1962. One of the most famous cases he presided over was the murder of Gay Gibson. On 30 October 1952, he gave Christopher Craig's older brother, Niven, 12 years' imprisonment for carrying out an armed robbery. Three days later, Christopher Craig shot dead PC Sidney Miles on a Croydon rooftop. Hilbery wrote ''Duty and Art in Advocacy'', which was first published in 1946. For many years a copy of this little book was presented to every Barrister on their being called to the Bar by The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn.''Stetson Law Review''
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