Joseph Cooksey Jackson

Joseph Cooksey Jackson KC (12 January 1879 – 26 April 1938[1]) was a British barrister and Conservative politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Heywood and Radcliffe from 1931 to 1935.[1]

For other people named Joe Jackson, see Joe Jackson (disambiguation).

He was educated at the Royal Grammar School, Lancaster[2] and Clare College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1900.[2] He was admitted to the Middle Temple in 1908, and was called to the bar in 1909.[2]

He defended the boxer Jackie Brown on an assault charge in 1934, with Edgar Lustgarten as his junior.[3]

References
  1. "House of Commons". Leigh Rayment. Archived from the original on 11 October 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. "Jackson, Joseph Cooksey (JK897JC)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. "Boxer who bit a man's ear". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 August 2010.


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