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...London last week the right to habeas corpus was stoutly defended, war or no war, by bald, handsome James Richard Baron Atkin, 74, in a dissenting opinion likely to rank with some of those of the late great Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes...
Pithy and popular is Australian-born Lord Atkin, ardent Welshman by adoption, one of Parliament's five "law lords" (who act as a sort of supreme court, reviewing cases on points of national importance carried from the Court of Appeal). Lord Atkin is noted for his liberalism regarding divorce legislation. He once attacked a proposed bill to make divorce impossible until after five years of marriage, citing the case of a soldier whose wife had deceived him. Said Lord Atkin: "It seems to me a monstrous thing that that man should not have been entitled to be freed from...
...test case last week, Lord Atkin dissented from his colleagues' opinion that, under the Emergency Powers (Defense) legislation, Home Secretary Herbert Morrison had the right to detain persons at his own discretion, not subject to court interference...
...Messrs. J. P. Morgan & Co. announce that they propose to admit to general partnership on February 17, 1939, Messrs. Henry C. Alexander, I. C. Raymond Atkin, and William A. Mitchell...
Both Isaac Cubitt Raymond Atkin and William Arthur Mitchell got their start with the Traders Bank of Canada as junior clerks (i.e., office boys with standing). Both stayed with the bank when it was merged with the Royal Bank of Canada; both became inspectors. In 1925, when J. P. Morgan needed two good commercial bankers, both were hired. Both went to live in New Jersey, to play golf together on week ends. In 1931 both were upped to the newly created title of manager. Both gained prestige when Morgan gave up underwriting and concentrated on commercial banking...