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'''Sir Christopher Puller''' (1774 – 26 May 1824) was an English lawyer who was briefly [[Chief Justice of Bengal]].<ref name="DNB">{{cite DNB|wstitle=Puller, Christopher|volume=47}}</ref><br />
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==Life==<br />
He was born the son of London merchant [[Richard Puller]] and educated at [[Eton School|Eton]] and [[Christ Church, Oxford]], where he graduated B.A. in 1795, and was elected a fellow of [[Oriel College]]. He studied law at the [[Inner Temple]] and was [[called to the bar]] in 1800. He then moved in 1812 to [[Lincoln's Inn]], where he was elected a bencher in 1822.<ref name="DNB"/><br />
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He appeared for the prosecution in the 1812 trial of [[William Booth (forger)|William Booth]] for forgery.<ref name="Booth">{{cite Wikisource |title=The Trial, at Large, of William Booth, and His Associates, George Scot, the Three Yates's, John Barrows, and Elizabeth Childlow, for Forgery, Coining, &c. at The Stafford Summer Assizes, 1812 |last=Anon. |date=1812 |location=Wolverhampton |publisher= Gower and Smart |wslink=The Trial, at Large, of William Booth and his Associates }}</ref> Booth was sentenced to hang.<ref name="Booth" /><br />
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In his early career Puller worked as a law reporter with Sir Justice [[John Bernard Bosanquet]]. In 1823 he accepted the post of [[Chief Justice of Bengal|Chief Justice]] at the [[Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William]], Calcutta and received the customary knighthood. However, like his predecessor Sir [[Robert Henry Blosset]], he died there within a few months of starting his judicial duties.<ref name="DNB"/><br />
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==Family==<br />
Puller married Louisa King, daughter of Joseph King of Taplow, and niece of Daniel Giles of [[Youngsbury]], Hertfordshire. [[Christopher William Puller]], Member of Parliament for [[Hertfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Hertfordshire]], was their son.<ref>{{cite ODNB|id=22882|first=Jeanne|last=Potier|title=Puller, Sir Christopher}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=E. Walford|title=The county families of the United Kingdom|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=psgIAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA251|publisher=Рипол Классик|isbn=978-5-87194-361-8|page=251|year=1882}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:British India judges]]<br />
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