asked the Minister for Justice in respect of each of the last five years the number of convictions in the criminal courts, the number of appeals and the result, the number of convictions where the persons concerned had legal aid, the number of appeals in which conviction was upheld, and the number of such appeals in which the persons concerned were without legal aid.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Criminal Court Convictions.
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As the reply is in the form of a tabular statement, I propose, a Cheann Comhairle, with your permission, to circulate it with the Official Report.
Following is the statement:
DISTRICT COURT.
|
Year |
Number of Convictions |
Appeals |
Number of convictions where persons concerned had legal aid |
Number of Appeals in Which conviction was upheld |
Number of Appeals in Which conviction was upheld in Which the persons concerned were without legal aid |
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|
Number |
Result |
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|
Dismissed |
Allowed |
Struck Out etc. |
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|
1956-57 |
84,824 |
1,576 |
1,055 |
278 |
243 |
Not recorded in District Court. |
1,055 |
379 |
|
1957-58 |
81,963 |
1,247 |
812 |
214 |
221 |
812 |
277 |
|
|
1958-59 |
89,906 |
1,552 |
1,026 |
152 |
374 |
1,026 |
387 |
|
|
1959-60 |
94,033 |
1,152 |
796 |
185 |
171 |
796 |
234 |
|
|
1960-61 |
99,508 |
1,627 |
975 |
341 |
311 |
975 |
365 |
CIRCUIT AND CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURTS.
|
Year |
Number of Convictions |
Appeals and Applications—figures in brackets denote numbers without legal aid |
Number of Convictions in Which persons concerned had legal aid |
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|
Number |
Result |
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|
Dismissed or refused |
Order varied |
Quashed re-trial, etc. |
Abandoned |
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|
CIRCUIT |
COURT. |
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|
1956-57 |
209 |
30 |
24 (6) |
— |
— |
6 |
74 |
|
1957-58 |
211 |
40 |
26 (1) |
6 |
1 |
7 |
80 |
|
1958-59 |
163 |
43 |
29 (9) |
4 |
— |
10 |
61 |
|
1959-60 |
186 |
32 |
26 |
1 |
— |
5 |
79 |
|
1960-61 |
143 |
30 |
15 (5) |
8 |
5 |
2 |
79 |
|
CENTRAL |
CRIMINAL |
COURT. |
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|
1956-57 |
24 |
10 |
8 (3) |
1 |
— |
1 |
19 |
|
1957-58 |
39 |
7 |
4 |
2 |
— |
1 |
26 |
|
1958-59 |
43 |
11 |
3 (1) |
4 |
1 |
3 |
32 |
|
1959-60 |
18 |
14 |
6 (1) |
4 |
3 |
1 |
12 |
|
1960-61 |
19 |
5 |
1 (1) |
1 |
3 |
— |
11 |