[1] Anthony Christopher (Christie) Alles was born at Matale, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) on 9 July 1911.
He also frequently appeared for the state as counsel before the Court of Criminal Appeal.
In 1962, he was appointed Solicitor General of Ceylon, and was leading counsel for the state before the Bandaranaike Assassination Commission.
In 1972, while still serving as a judge of the Supreme Court, he was appointed as a member of the Commission of Inquiry established under the Criminal Justice Commissions Act to inquire into the insurgency of April 1971, and he continued to function as commissioner even after his retirement in July 1974.
After his retirement as chief justice in July 1974, and his resignation as a member of the Commission of Inquiry under the Criminal Justice Commissions Act, in September 1975, Alles spent time in writing on famous criminal cases which included the S.W.R.D.
His last work was The Murder of a Mystery Man: Charles-Christophe Taschereau, published in July 1998, at age 87.
[Published in hardcover by Vantage Press, Inc., NY, U.S.A. (1986) as The Assassination of a Prime Minister.
4 (September 1980) [Reprinted in hardcover as Murder Most Foul: 1987]: (a) The Sathasivam Murder Case (b) The Kularatne Poisoning Case (c) Pauline de Croos – A verdict in dispute (d) Tragedy at Tismada.
Published in Sinhala as Wilpattu Sihiwatanaya (1976)]: The Tragedy of Adeline Vitharne.
9 (July 1984): (a) The Killing of Arthur Thenuwara (b) Chandrasekera Dias – Murder or Suicide?
Other Publications: (1) November 1976: Insurgency-1971- An account of the April Insurrection in Sri Lanka.
(4) March 1989: A Glimpse of Paradise – Scenes from the Eastern Province (Travel).
(6) 1993: In the Public Interest – The Rohini Dias Defamation Case and its Sequel (1993.
LC PR9440.9.A45J471999] He died at age 91 on 1 January 2003 after a brief illness at the Nawaloka Hospital in Colombo, and, according to his wishes, the funeral took place within 24 hours on the following day.