State (Buchan) v Coyne

JurisdictionIreland
CourtHigh Court (Irish Free State)
Judgment Date01 January 1936
Date01 January 1936
[H. C., I.F.S.],
State (Buchan)
and
Coyne

Evidence given in the Irish language- Irish language unknown to defendant or his solicitor - Refusal of District Justice to allow interpretation - Conviction - Conviction quashed- Natural justice.

The prosecutor was charged before a District Justice with the commission of certain offences. When a sergeant of the Civic Guard proceeded to give his evidence in the Irish language the prosecutor's solicitor informed the Court that neither he nor his client had a...

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    • Trinity College Law Review No. XVIII-2015, January 2015
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