Deemster previously. The list has been compiled from the "Liber Juramentorum", the "Isle of Man Statutes" with additional names from the archive of David Craine, M.B.E., M.A., C.P. One of the main characters in Alfred Hitchcock 1929 drama film ""The Manxman"" is the Deemster, and his holding this position is of central importance to the film's plot. The film is based on the 1894 novel of the same name by the Manx writer Hall Caine, who published another novel with a similar theme with the title "The Deemster" (1887). Deemster A deemster () is a judge in the Isle of Man.
Crabs of the British Isles Crabs of the British Isles Around 65 species of crab occur in the waters of the British Isles. All are marine, with the exception of the introduced Chinese mitten crab, "Eriocheir sinensis", which occurs in fresh and brackish water. They range in size from the deep-water species "Paromola cuvieri", which can reach a claw span of , to the pea crab, which is only wide and lives inside mussel shells. Several species of wild crab are the subject of crab fisheries around the coasts of the British Isles. The most important are the brown crab or edible crab, "Cancer pagurus"