Hearings
Ceylon
10 Jul 1963 [1963] AC 859; [1963] 3 WLR 439; [1963] 3 All ER 632, PC
Hemapala v The Queen
Subject Matter
CRIME — Ceylon — Criminal law — Practice — Election to be tried by English speaking jury — Trial conducted partly in Sinhala — Murder charge — Miscarriage of justice — Conviction quashed — New trial in discretion of appeal court below — Criminal Procedure Code (Legislative Enactments of Ceylon, 1938 Rev, c 16), s 165b
[1963] AC 859; [1963] 3 WLR 439
PRIVY COUNCIL — Criminal matter — New trial — Which court should order one — Miscarriage of justice — Ceylon