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Wesley v. The Queen

[1979] 1 SCR 35 Court SCC Decision date 1978-10-04 English

PartiesHarold Stuart Wesley Appellant·Her Majesty The Queen Respondent

Counsel (4)
J.B. Clarke, for the appellant.
M.R.V. Storrow, for the respondent.
Solicitors for the appellant: Deverell, Harrop & Co., Vancouver.
Solicitors for the respondent: Davis & Co., Vancouver.

Judges Laskin, Bora; Martland, Ronald; Ritchie, Roland Almon; Spence, Wishart Flett; Pigeon, Louis-Philippe; Dickson, Robert George Brian; Beetz, Jean; Estey, Willard Zebedee; Pratte, Yves

Delivered by Majority

On appeal from British Columbia

Subjects Criminal law

Contents

The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by

THE CHIEF JUSTICE—We do not need to hear you, Mr. Storrow. The appeal is quashed for want of jurisdiction, the dissent of Mr. Justice Branca on the ground that the verdict is unreasonable and cannot be supported by the evidence not being dissent on a question of law: see The Queen v. Warner[1].
Judgment accordingly.
Solicitors for the appellant: Deverell, Harrop & Co., Vancouver.
Solicitors for the respondent: Davis & Co., Vancouver.

Footnotes

  1. [1] [1961] S.C.R. 144.