State (Browne) v Feran

JurisdictionIreland
Judgment Date24 July 1967
Date24 July 1967
Docket Number[NO. 59 SS of 1966.]
CourtSupreme Court
(S.C.)
State (Browne)
and
Feran

Appeal from decision of High Court granting order of Habeas Corpus - Constitution of Ireland, Articles 34, 36, 40, 50 - Certiorari - Order of District Court -Failure to state jurisdiction on order - Criminal Justice Act, 1951, ss. 2, 3.

The prosecutor was charged with having committed an indictable offence. He was tried summarily in the District Court and convicted of the offence. The District Court was empowered to try the prosecutor summarily under s. 2 of the...

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