The State (Cannon) v Kavanagh

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Judgment Date: 24 June 1937
• Date: 24 June 1937
• Court: High Court (Irish Free State)

[H. C., I.F.S.]

The State (Cannon)

and

Kavanagh

Legality of detention for execution of sentence - Whether reviewable on habeas corpus -Criminal law - Jurisdiction of Circuit Court in criminal cases - Offences charged which were alleged not to have been committed where tried -Courts of Justice Act, 1924 (No. 10 of 1924), ss. 48, 53 - Conclusion by jury without evidence on fact essential to jurisdiction - Indictment and conviction of an offence with which accused not charged in District Court - Offence properly arising on evidence given in District Court -Constitution of the Irish Free Sta te (Sacrstt Eireann) Act, 1922 (No. 1 of 1922), Sch. I, Art. 6.

1. Sect. 53 of the Courts of Justice Act, 1924, provides: —"Provided that the jurisdiction hereinbefore vested in and transferred to the Circuit Court in criminal cases shall be exercised by the Circuit Judges severally as follows: —The Circuit Judge having jurisdiction shall be the...