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333:, referred to it as only being "in a nightmare that judicial killing was ever countenanced by a supposedly civilised people". He also described the trial as having the atmosphere of "the days of the Roman Empire when the Christians were thrown to the lions". Shearman was unequivocal about his views of the young woman when he told the jurors during his summing up (he would only call them all gentlemen despite there being two women on the jury) what he thought about Thompson's adultery: "I am certain that you, like any other right-minded person, will be filled with disgust at such a notion." 38: 373:
noted that the collection focusses on "themes with a clear relationship to comfortable middle-class life .. the satirical element never becoming obtrusive, and in the Lautrec having a distinctly moralising tendency. One wonders whether there was a reason in Shearman's taste for preferring a Renoir
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His role in the Thompson-Bywaters trial has been subject to controversy because of the prejudice he showed towards Edith Thompson, who had been charged as a co-conspirator in the murder of her husband by her lover,
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In 1925 Shearman became seriously ill, partly due to an old injury acquired on the football field. Following a medical operation, his speech was impaired, although he returned to work. He retired in October 1929.
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landscape to a figure subject - did he dislike Renoir's fleshy and voluptuous types ? - and one's suspicions are strengthened on noticing that the little group of Etty nude-studies are all back-views !"
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He was a noted athlete, winning the one hundred yards race at the Oxford and Cambridge University Games in 1876, and was president of the Oxford University Athletics Club in 1878. He subsequently became the
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from 1878 – 1880. Shearman was one of the founder members of the association, and served as the first honorary secretary from 1880 to 1883, then as vice-president until 1910. In that year he succeeded
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in 1881. He practised on the Midland Circuit for twenty-two years before "taking silk" to become a
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Shearman died at his London residence, Leigh House, 6 Eaton Gate, in January 1930, aged 72.
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he conducted an official inquiry into the origin and causes of the
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in 1922; and of John Walter Knowles, also in 1922, for the "
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Notable cases at which Shearman presided were the trial of
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People educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood
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as president of the AAA. He was also a member of the
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In May 1914, just months before the outbreak of the
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Dog N Duck Publications. p. 112. 437: 402: 395:Football: its History for Five Centuries 266:, Shearman was appointed a judge of the 209:" as a forward and three-quarter in the 198:, defeating Montague into second place. 536:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 414:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 345:In 1884 he married Mary Louise Long of 143:in the City of London, where he played 880: 763: 671:– via British Newspaper Archive. 643:– via British Newspaper Archive. 590:– via British Newspaper Archive. 522: 520: 518: 516: 514: 512: 510: 508: 506: 488: 486: 484: 482: 480: 478: 476: 474: 472: 470: 656:"Amateur Championship Sport this day" 606:National Union of Track Statisticians 307:Edith Thompson and Frederick Bywaters 530:"Shearman, Sir Montague (1857–1930)" 168: 908:Alumni of St John's College, Oxford 503: 467: 13: 675: 201:Montague was also an accomplished 14: 954: 873: 628:"The Amateur Championship Sports" 813:. 25 October 1929. p. 6763. 340: 250:in 1903. 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Classical Moderations
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AAC Championships
1876 AAC Championships
440 yards national champion
1880 AAA Championships
1878 AAC Championships
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Wanderers
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Inner Temple

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