Criminal Appeal.
(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Per Press Association). LONDON, May 23. In the House of Lords a discussion on the Criminal Appeal Bill took place. Barons Alverstone, Ashbourne, Lord Halsbury, and Lord James of Hereford argued that the Bill was calculated to undermine the responsibilities of juries. Lord Loreburn agreed to accept a cross amendment to the effect that an appeal may be allowed only when the •Judge at the trial or the Court of Criminal Appeal thought there ought to be an appeal.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8196, 24 May 1906, Page 5
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84Criminal Appeal. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8196, 24 May 1906, Page 5
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