Sampson v. The King
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Sampson v. The King Collection Supreme Court Judgments Date 1935-02-19 Report [1935] SCR 634 Judges Duff, Lyman Poore; Lamont, John Henderson; Cannon, Lawrence Arthur Dumoulin; Davis, Henry Hague; Dysart On appeal from Nova Scotia Subjects Criminal law Decision Content Supreme Court of Canada Sampson v. The King, [1935] S.C.R. 634 Date: 1935-02-19 Sampson v. The King 1935: February 19. Present: Duff C.J. and Lamont, Cannon and Davis JJ. and Dysart J. ad hoc. ON APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF NOVA SCOTIA in banco Criminal law—Evidence—Written confession—Admissibility—Direction to jury. APPEAL by the accused from a judgment of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia in banco[1], Mellish and Carroll JJ. dissenting, affirming the judgment of the trial judge, Doull J., with a jury, by which the appellant was found guilty of murder. The appellant was, after trial before a jury, convicted before Mr. Justice Doull of the murder of a young boy at Chain Lakes, Halifax county, on the 17th October, 1934, and on the 20th of the same month sentenced to death on the 10th January, 1935. On the appeal to this Court, after hearing argument of counsel, the Court delivered judgment dismissing the appeal. Appeal dismissed. D. K. MacTavish for the appellant. J. H. MacQuarrie and R. M. Fielding for the respondent. [1] (1934) 8 M.P.R. 328. …
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Sampson v. The King Collection Supreme Court Judgments Date 1935-02-19 Report [1935] SCR 634 Judges Duff, Lyman Poore; Lamont, John Henderson; Cannon, Lawrence Arthur Dumoulin; Davis, Henry Hague; Dysart On appeal from Nova Scotia Subjects Criminal law Decision Content Supreme Court of Canada Sampson v. The King, [1935] S.C.R. 634 Date: 1935-02-19 Sampson v. The King 1935: February 19. Present: Duff C.J. and Lamont, Cannon and Davis JJ. and Dysart J. ad hoc. ON APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF NOVA SCOTIA in banco Criminal law—Evidence—Written confession—Admissibility—Direction to jury. APPEAL by the accused from a judgment of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia in banco[1], Mellish and Carroll JJ. dissenting, affirming the judgment of the trial judge, Doull J., with a jury, by which the appellant was found guilty of murder. The appellant was, after trial before a jury, convicted before Mr. Justice Doull of the murder of a young boy at Chain Lakes, Halifax county, on the 17th October, 1934, and on the 20th of the same month sentenced to death on the 10th January, 1935. On the appeal to this Court, after hearing argument of counsel, the Court delivered judgment dismissing the appeal. Appeal dismissed. D. K. MacTavish for the appellant. J. H. MacQuarrie and R. M. Fielding for the respondent. [1] (1934) 8 M.P.R. 328.
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