Attorney General v Murray (No. 2)

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Judgment Date: 15 July 1925
• Date: 15 July 1925
• Court: Supreme Court (Irish Free State)

Supreme Court.

Attorney-General v. Murray (No. 2).

ATTORNEY-GENERAL

and

JAMES MURRAY (No. 2) (1)

Practice - Appeal - Decision of the Court of Criminal Appeal - Certificate necessary to appeal therefrom - By what Court to be given - Whether by the Supreme Court or by the Court of Criminal Appeal - Courts of Justice Act, 1924 (No. 10 of 1924), sect. 29.

Application for a certificate to enable the applicant to appeal to the Supreme Court from a decision of the Court of Criminal Appeal.

James Murray, the applicant, had been convicted at the Central Criminal Court on a charge of murder, and sentenced to death. The conviction and sentence were, on appeal, affirmed by the Court of Criminal Appeal, reported ante, p. 266. And the Court refused to grant the applicant a certificate under sect. 29 of the Courts of Justice Act, 1924, to enable him to appeal from their decision to the Supreme Court. Following that refusal by the Court of Criminal Appeal, the applicant now applied to the Supreme Court for a certificate, the point of law involved being whether, on the construction of the section, the Court to grant the certificate was the Supreme Court or the Court of Criminal Appeal.

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