Alexander Cockburn
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| + | '''Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn, 12th Baronet''' [[Queen's Counsel|Q.C.]] (24 September 1802 – 20 November 1880) was an [[England|English]] [[lawyer]], [[politician]] and [[judge]]. A notorious [[womaniser]] and [[socialite]], as [[Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales|Lord Chief Justice]] he heard some of the leading ''[[causes célèbres]]'' of the nineteenth century. He ruled ''[[R v. Hicklin]]'' in which he developed the [[Hicklin test]] for [[obscenity]]. | ||
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Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn, 12th Baronet Q.C. (24 September 1802 – 20 November 1880) was an English lawyer, politician and judge. A notorious womaniser and socialite, as Lord Chief Justice he heard some of the leading causes célèbres of the nineteenth century. He ruled R v. Hicklin in which he developed the Hicklin test for obscenity.
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