CRIMINAL APPEALS.
r —-—*■ —r—, . i FIRST SITTING OF THE NEW COURT. U/iIELEGKAPn—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPTIIIGHT. (lleo. May 17, 4.14 p.m.) 1 > , ' ( .; •' London, May 16., The Court of Criminal Appeal hold its first sitting yesterday. The Lord Chief Justice (Lord .Alvorstone) emphasised tho fact ithat tho. Court was not re-trying cases.' • Out of several applications for l leave to appeal, one was granted. A conviction Was quashed iti a caso in which the .Judge, at; tho trial, ; expressed dissatisfaction with the verdict. ' The Criminal Appeal- Aot,' 1 1907, was ipassed largely as . the result of the outcry caused by cases' liko' that of Beck and Edalji. The Act established a Court of Criminal Appeal, consisting of tho Lord Chief' Justico and eiirlit judges of the King's Bench Division.. This Court, mar sit in two of more Divisions of not less; than three! judges each. Any person convicted jon indictmont may appeal either on a question of lawj or, by lea've, on- a question of fact, or' against the, sentence, unless it is one fixed by law. With the consent of tliO' Attorney-Genoral, an appeal may be made from this Court to the Houso of Lords.,
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19080518.2.34
Bibliographic details
Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 200, 18 May 1908, Page 7
Word Count
192CRIMINAL APPEALS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 200, 18 May 1908, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in