Sir Robert Hugh Mais (14 September 1907 – 14 February 1996) [1] was a High Court judge in the United Kingdom.
Hugh Mais was selected as the trial judge for the 1973 trial of those including the " Shrewsbury two", Ricky Tomlinson and Des Warren, charged in relation to picketing in Shrewsbury. [2]
Speaking in the House of Commons on 23 January 2014 David Anderson MP (Blaydon, Labour) said: [3]
During the same speech Anderson quoted a 2012 statement from a David Altaras who was a junior barrister at the 1973 trial which said, in relation to the judge Hugh Mais:
Mais reportedly once had a man arrested in Newcastle for making a V sign at his car. After the individual was held for two hours Mais accepted his explanation that he had mistaken him for the Mayor. [4]
Sir Robert Hugh Mais (14 September 1907 – 14 February 1996) [1] was a High Court judge in the United Kingdom.
Hugh Mais was selected as the trial judge for the 1973 trial of those including the " Shrewsbury two", Ricky Tomlinson and Des Warren, charged in relation to picketing in Shrewsbury. [2]
Speaking in the House of Commons on 23 January 2014 David Anderson MP (Blaydon, Labour) said: [3]
During the same speech Anderson quoted a 2012 statement from a David Altaras who was a junior barrister at the 1973 trial which said, in relation to the judge Hugh Mais:
Mais reportedly once had a man arrested in Newcastle for making a V sign at his car. After the individual was held for two hours Mais accepted his explanation that he had mistaken him for the Mayor. [4]