The Criminal Code Act 1899 - Ozcase Queensland Historical Legal ...

252 Order= CRIMINAL PRACTICE RULES
such notice shall be given under this Chapter shall be signed by the
appellant himself, except under the provisions of paragraphs (c) and
(d) of this Rule.
Any other notice required or authorised to be given for the purposes
of this Chapter or these Rules shall be in writing and signed by the
person giving the same or by his solicitor. All notices required or
authorised to be given for the purposes of this Chapter or these Rules
to the Court of Criminal Appeal shall be addressed to “The Registrar
of the Court of Criminal Appeal, Brisbane.”
le to write. (b) When any appellant or any
other person authorised or required to give or send any notice of appeal
or notice of any application for the purposes of this Chapter or of these
Rules is unable to write he may affix his mark thereto in the presence
of a witness who shall attest the same and thereupon such notiix shall
be deemed to be duly signed by such appellant.
lpellant’s ~ ~ ~ r e s may ~ ~ ~ act a for ~ i Mm ~ e where ~~~s~~~ of
insmity ~ ~ Y Q ~ (c) Y Where ~ ~ . on the trial of a person entitled to appeal
under this Chapter, it has been contended that he was not responsible
according to law for his actions on the ground that he was insane at the
time the act was done or the omission made by him any notice required
by these Rules to be given and signed by the appellant himself may be
given and signed by his solicitor or other person authorised to act on
his behalf.
~~~~c~~ etc., on beha orations. (d) In the case of a body
corporate where by this Chapter or these Rules any notice or other
document is required to be signed by the appellant himself, it shall be
sufhcient compliance therewith if such notice or other document is
signed by the secretary, clerk, manager, or solicitor of such body
corporate.
SHORTHAND WRITERS AND TRANSCRIPT OF NOTES
6. (a) The shorthand writer appointed for the purposes of section 671~
of the Code shall, in the Form No. XII. of Part IX. of the Schedule
hereto, be sworn to take down faithfully and truly the shorthand notes
of the proceedings at the trial to the best of his skill and ability.
(b) For the purposes of section 671~ of the Code and of these
Rules, proceedings at the trial shall mean the plea, the evidence, and
any objections taken in the course thereof, any directions asked for,
any points of law raised during the trial, any statement made by the
prisoner, the summing up, the remarks of the judge when sentencing
the prisoner, and such other matter as to the reporting of which the
judge of trial shall give a special direction, but, unless otherwise ordered,
shall not include any part of the speeches of counsel or solicitor.
by the writer.
(c) The shorthand
writer shall sign the shorthand note taken by him of any trial or proceeding
or of any part of such trial or proceeding and certify the same
to be a complete and correct shorthand note thereof and shall forthwith
lodge the same in the office of the State Reporting Bureau for the purpose
of its being filed therein as a record of the Court.