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Duly Quoted: Maxwell Beech
“King Solomon couldn’t have adjudicated better.”
—Maxwell Beech, who once faced serious criminal charges, to Hugh Atwood, the Brampton judge who showed him clemency and enabled him to get his life in order. Beech’s speech of thanks, which occurred during a lull in court proceedings, was completely unplanned and spontaneous. It reportedly moved Atwood to tears.