Steele v. The King

APPLICATION on behalf of the appellant for an order that he be admitted to bail pending his appeal to this court from the judgment of the Court of Appeal for British Columbia.

The appellant was convicted on October 16, 1923, on a charge of having had carnal knowledge of a girl under sixteen, and sentenced to imprisonment for one year. Appeal was taken from the sentence to the Court of Appeal for British Columbia, and the same was dismissed on November 22, 1923, but one judge of the Court of Appeal dissented.

Under section 1024 of the Criminal Code, the appellant then appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada. The appellant was admitted to bail pending the hearing before the court of first instance, and also pending his appeal to the Court of Appeal for British Columbia; but, upon application to the Court of Appeal to admit him to bail pending the determination of his appeal to this court, the Chief Justice of the Court of Appeal held that that court had no jurisdiction, presumably considering that, in-