Attorney General and Colleary

JurisdictionIreland
Judgment Date01 January 1935
Date01 January 1935
CourtCentral Criminal Court (Ireland)
[C. Crim. Ct., I.F.S.]
Attorney-General and Colleary

Manslaughter - Information refused in District Court - Notice of indictment by Attorney-General - Bill of Indictment sought to be preferred in Circuit Criminal Court - Authority of Attorney-General to prefer Bill of Indictment - Jurisdiction refused - Courts of Justice Act, (No. 10 of 1924) - Criminal Justice (Administration) Act (No. 44 of 1924).

The intended defendant was charged with manslaughter and the District Justice refused informations. He was later served with a notice to the effect that the Attorney-General had directed that he be indicted and tried for manslaughter. It was held that...

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  • Attorney General v Burke
    • Ireland
    • District Court (Ireland)
    • 1 Enero 1955
    ...(1) [1955] I. R. 39. (1) [1953] No. 30. SS. (2) [1943] I. R. 480. (1) 4 Q. B. D. 614. (1) 4 Q. B. D. 614. (1) [1954] I. R. 128. (1) 69 I. L. T. R. 233 (2) [1951] I. R. (1) [1951] I. R. 172. (1) [1936] 2 K. B. 442; 30 Cox C. C. 432. (2) [1911] 1 K. B. 964. (3) [1951] I. R. 172. (4) 69 I. L. ......
  • State (Attorney General), The v District Justice Fitzpatrick
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 21 Diciembre 1954
    ...Before Maguire C.J., Murnaghan, O'Byrne, Laveryand Kingsmill Moore, J.J. (1) [1910] 2 I. R. 695, at p. 742. (2) [1951] I. R. 172. (3) 69 I. L. T. R. 233. (1) [1940] I. R. (2) [1925] 2 I. R. 9. (3) (1735) 3 P. Wms. 439. (4) [1917] 2 I. R. 283. (5) [1948] I. R. 176. (6) [1937] I. R. 34. (1) [......
  • People (Attorney General) v Boggan
    • Ireland
    • Court of Criminal Appeal
    • 7 Noviembre 1958
    ...[1943] I. R. 115. (2) [1944] 1 K. B. 532. (3) Before Lavery, Kingsmill Moore, O'Daly, Maguire and Dixon JJ. (1) [1955] I. R. 39. (2) 69 I. L. T. R. 233. (3) I. R. 9 C. L. 527. (1) [1955] I. R. 39. (2) [1937] I. R. 428. (3) 92 I.L.T.R. 182. (4) [1954] I.R. 128. (5) [1951] I. R. 172. (6) 4 Mo......
  • State (O'Callaghan) v O hUadhaigh
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 4 Febrero 1977
    ...(1704) 6 Mod. Rep. 261. 2 (1862) 1 B. & S. 850. 3 (1954) 92 I.L.T.R. 182. 4 [1973] I.R. 180. 5 [1976] I.R. 325. 6 [1966] I.R. 345. 7 (1935) 69 I.L.T.R. 233. 8 [1951] I.R. 9 [1958] I.R. 67. 10 (1954) 92 I.L.T.R. 182. 11 See [1966] I.R. 107. 12 (1954) 92 I.L.T.R. 182. 13 (1954) 92 I.L.T.R. 18......
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