Attorney General v Connolly
| Jurisdiction | Ireland |
| Court | High Court |
| Judgment Date | 27 January 1947 |
| Date | 27 January 1947 |
Newspaper publication of comment on murder trial then at hearing - Scandalising the Court - Interfering with administration of justice - Motion to attach writer of article - Jurisdiction of High Court -Constitutional right to trial by jury - Constitutional status of Special Criminal Court -Constitution of 1937, Arts. 34, 38.
The High Court has full jurisdiction under Art. 34, s. 3 of the Constitution to deal with contempt of Court by the summary procedure of attachment and this jurisdiction is not superseded by theconstitutional right to trial by jury on a criminal charge. The Special Criminal Court established under the provisions of Art. 38 of the Constitution and under the Offences against the State Act, 1939, is a Court for the administration of justice and the High Court will, in its discretion, punish...
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