R v Adair

Subject Matter

CRIME — Criminal law — Summing up — Direction to jury after retirement — Question from jury — Whether relevant evidence should be reviewed.

CRIME — Criminal law — Court of Criminal Appeal — Substitution of verdict — Alternative counts — Conviction on larceny count — No verdict on receiving count — Court's power to substitute verdict of receiving — Criminal Appeal Act, 1907 (7 Edw. 7, c. 23), s. 5 (2).

CRIME — Criminal law — Larceny — Alternative counts for larceny or receiving — Conviction on one and no verdict on other — Appeal — Substitution of verdict — Criminal Appeal Act, 1907, s. 5 (2).