The Weekly Law Reports
[1969] 3 WLR 528
[QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION]
REGINA v. GOVERNOR OF BRIXTON PRISON AND OTHERS Ex parte KOTRONIS
1969 July 28,
29,
30
Lord Parker C.J., Waller and O'Connor JJ.
Extradition
— Foreign proceedings offending English justice
— “Convicted” fugitive
— Certificate of conviction
— Service of initiating process, trial and conviction in absence abroad of alleged fugitive
— No knowledge for three years
— Whether certificate of conviction conclusive
— Whether foreign proceedings contrary to natural justice
— Whether conviction for contumacy
— Whether conviction valid
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Extradition Act, 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 52), ss. 3 (2), 10 (1), 14, 15 (3), 26
[1]
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Anglo-Greek 529Extradition Treaty of 1910 (S.R. & O. No. 193) arts. 8, 11, 13.
[2]