Career
He was called to the bar at Lincoln"s Inn on 22 November 1836. He was secretary to the Criminal Law Commission in 1842. He was recorder of Folkestone from 5 August 1847 to the time of his death.
He was judge of circuit Number.
11 in the West Riding of Yorkshire from 14 February 1855 to 19 March 1867 and judge of circuit Number. 48 in Kent from 19 March 1867 to March 1884.
He died at The Cottage, Sandgate, Kent, 11 November 1886. He was the author of:
The Statute Criminal Law of England (1839)
The Odes of Horace.
Book 1 a verse translation (1879).
