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R v Cowan and O'Neill

Irish Jurist Reports (Digests) Cited in Precedent Map Related
Vincent
JurisdictionNorthern Ireland
Judgment Date01 January 1941
Date01 January 1941
CourtKing's Bench Division (Northern Ireland)
(K.B.D., N.I.),
R
and
Cowan and O'Neill

Bail - Jurisdiction to grant pending hearing of appeal - Courts of summary jurisdiction - Discretion of - Jurisdiction of King's Bench Division to interfere.

On an application by motion for bail pending the hearing of their appeals at the next Quarter Sessions by two prisoners who were convicted of petty offences and sentenced to terms of imprisonment by a Court of summary jurisdiction, and who at the time of the application were actually serving their sentences, Held, that s. 23 of the Petty Sessions (Ir.) Act, 1851, has been replaced by s. 24 (3) (c) and (d) of the Summary Jurisdiction and Criminal Justice Act (N.I.), 1935, and, accordingly, that courts of summary jurisdiction in Northern Ireland now have a discretion in...

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