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Di Iorio v. Warden of the Montreal Jail

[1978] 1 SCR 152 Court SCC Decision date 1976-04-01 English

PartiesNicola Di Iorio and Gérard Fontaine Respondent·Appellants Respondent·The Warden of the Common Jail of the City of Montreal Respondent

Counsel (16)
René Maranda, for the appellants.
Gérard Tremblay, Roger Thibaudeau, Q. C., Jacques Richard and Olivier Prat, for the respondent and the mis en cause.
Philippe Landry, Q.C., for the Attorney General for Canada.
M. Manning, for the Attorney General for Ontario.
W. Henkel, for the Attorney General for Alberta.
F. A. Melvin and N. J. Prelypchan, for the Attorney General for British Columbia.
Hazen Strange and B. A. Crane, for the Attor­ney General for New Brunswick.
Solicitor for the appellants: L. R. Maranda, Montreal.
Solicitors for the respondent and the mis en cause: J. Richard, G. Tremblay et O. Prat, Mont-real et R. Thibaudeau, Quebec.
Solicitor for the Attorney General of Canada:
P. Landry, Ottawa.
Solicitor for the Attorney General of Ontario:
M. Manning, Toronto.
Solicitor for the Attorney General of Alberta: W. Henkel, Edmonton.
Solicitor for the Attorney General of British Columbia: O. H. Vickers, Victoria.
Solicitor for the Attorney General of New Brunswick: H. Strange, Fredericton.

Judges Laskin, Bora; Martland, Ronald; Judson, Wilfred; Ritchie, Roland Almon; Spence, Wishart Flett; Pigeon, Louis-Philippe; Dickson, Robert George Brian; Beetz, Jean; de Grandpré, Louis-Philippe

Decision 7–2 Majority (7) · DICKSON J. (2)

On appeal from Quebec

Subjects Constitutional law Criminal law

Contents

Majority

The judgment of Laskin C.J. and de Grandpré J. was delivered by

DICKSON J.

DICKSON J.—

[1975] C.A. 529.
[1949] A.C. 134.
[1919] A.C. 956.

Footnotes

  1. [1] [1975] C.A. 529.
  2. [2] [1949] A.C. 134.
  3. [3] [1977] 1 S.C.R. 112.
  4. [4] [1958] S.C.R. 535.
  5. [5] [1919] A.C. 956.
  6. [6] [1957] S.C.R. 768.
  7. [7] [1952] 2 D.L.R. 513
  8. [8] [1972] S.C.R. 821.
  9. [9] [1965] S.C.R. 490.
  10. [10] [1945] S.C.R. 526.
  11. [11] [1964] S.C.R. 412.
  12. [12] (1888), 15 O.R. 398.
  13. [13] (1879), 3 S.C.R. 1.
  14. [14] [1938] S.C.R. 398.
  15. [15] [1954] S.C.R. 127.
  16. [16] [1957] S.C.R. 285.
  17. [17] 17 [1946] A.C. 193.
  18. [18] [1923] S.C.R. 681.
  19. [19] (1904), 34 S.C.R. 621.
  20. [20] [1952] 2 S.C.R. 392.
  21. [21] [1968] S.C.R. 569.
  22. [22] [1972] S.C.R. 811.
  23. [23] (1873), L.R. 4 P.C. 599.
  24. [24] [1919] 3 W.W.R. 115, 33 C.C.C. 119, 48 D.L.R. 237.
  25. [25] [1965] S.C.R. 465.
  26. [26] [1976] 2 S.C.R. 9.
  27. [27] [1938] S.C.R. 398.
  28. [28] (1921), 62 S.C.R. 424.
  29. [29] [1896] A.C. 348.
  30. [30] (1882), 7 App. Cas. 829.
  31. [31] [1946] A.C. 193.
  32. [32] [1903] A.C. 524.
  33. [33] [1929] S.C.R. 409.
  34. [34] [1941] S.C.R. 396.
  35. [35] [1956] S.C.R. 303.
  36. [36] [1967] S.C.R. 702.
  37. [37] [1954] S.C.R. 127.
  38. [38] (1873), L.R. 4 P.C. 599.
  39. [39] [1919] 3 W.W.R. 115, 33 C.C.C. 119, 48 D.L.R. 237.
  40. [40] [1938] S.C.R. 398.
  41. [41] [1965] S.C.R. 465.
  42. [42] (1968), 67 D.L.R. (2d) 541.
  43. [43] (1968), 2 D.L.R. (3d) 298.
  44. [44] [1976] 2 S.C.R. 9.
  45. [45] [1969] Que. Q.B. 1017.
  46. [46] [1962] O.R. 132.
  47. [47] [19641 S.C.R. 412.
  48. [48] [1945] S.C.R. 526.
  49. [49] [1921] 2 A.C. 417.
  50. [50] [1953] 1 S.C.R. 516.
  51. [51] [1892] 1 Q.B. 327.
  52. [52] [1955] S.C.R. 799.
  53. [53] [1957] S.C.R. 285.
  54. [54] [1965] S.C.R. 798.
  55. [55] (1974), 4 O.R. (2d) 677.
  56. [56] [1931] A.C. 310.
  57. [57] [1929] S.C.R. 409.
  58. [58] [1945] S.C.R. 600.
  59. [59] [1919] 3 W.W.R. 115, 33 C.C.C. 119, 48 D.L.R. 237.
  60. [60] (1873), L.R. 4 P.C. 599.
  61. [61] (1895), 24 S.C.R. 170.
  62. [62] (1879), 3 S.C.R. 1.
  63. [63] [1903] A.C. 524.
  64. [64] [1929] S.C.R. 409.
  65. [65] [1956] S.C.R. 303.
  66. [66] [1938] S.C.R. 398.
  67. [67] (1920), 61 S.C.R. 175.
  68. [68] [1923] S.C.R. 681.
  69. [69] [1965] S.C.R. 465.
  70. [70] [1976] 2 S.C.R. 9.
  71. [71] (1968), 66 W.W.R. 522.
  72. [72] [1925] 2 W.W.R. 407.
  73. [73] [1930] 3 W.W.R. 445.
  74. [74] [1940] 2 W.W.R. 657.
  75. [75] [1955] S.C.R. 309.
  76. [76] [1945] S.C.R. 600.
  77. [77] [1931] A.C. 310.

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