No. 103.-Appellate Jurisdiction: Appeals from Magistrates' Courts to Courts of Quarter Sessions, 1896–1905. Criminal and Quasi-Criminal Appeals.--Appeal from Magistrates' Courts to Quarter Sessions is a remedy for bringing the Orders and Convictions of Justices to the review of Quarter Sessions. The Court is Judge of law as well as of fact. The right of appeal exists in all cases of convictions or orders by Magistrates excepting orders made under the Seamen's Act, 1898, and in cases of adjudication to imprisonment for failure to comply with an order for payment of money, and for finding sureties, &c. No. 104. Appeals from Magistrates' Courts to Supreme Court, 1896-1905. Appeals from Magistrates and Wardens' Courts.-Application for Prohibition or Mandamus is made either to a Judge in Chambers, or to the Full Court. Appeals from the decisions of District Court Judges sitting in the Mining Appeal Court are made to the Supreme Court. *Including 2 Arbitration Court. Special Cases from Magistrates' Courts must in the first instance be brought before the Judge sitting in Public Chambers who is vested with the authority and jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and who may refer such cases to the Full Court. Land Appeal Cases are set down for argument before the Full Court only. 9 cases under Land and Income Tax Acts of 1895. *Including 2 cases under Land and Income Tax Acts of 1895, and 2 under the Stamp Duties Act. + Including § Including 1 case under Land and Income Tax Act. Land and Income Tax Act, and 2 from Commissioner for Stamps. tt Including 1 vader Land and Income Tax Act No. 105.-Appeals from District Courts to Supreme Court (Single Judge or Full Court), 1896-1905. No. 106.-Appeals against Decisions of Primary Judge to Full Court, 1898-1905. Appeals to Full Court.-Appeals against orders or decisions of Judges of the Supreme Court are made, with few exceptions, to the Full Court. The Act provides that no Judge of the Supreme Court shall sit on the hearing of an appeas from, or on a matter to set aside, any judgment, order, decree, ruling, or decision made by him. This Act also provide that the Court on the hearing of such appeals or motions shall consist of three Judges. 1904 1905 I 2 Judgment pending in 4 appeals to the Privy Council. † Leave to appeal subsequently granted upon application to Privy Council direct. Special leave granted in 5 cases by Privy Council. § Special leave granted in 1 case by Privy Council. Special leave granted in 2 cases. ¶ Forwarded to Privy Council in 1903. **Notice of appeal was given in 1 case, but the appeal was not proceeded with. †† Forwarded to Privy Council in 1904. ‡‡2 forwarded to Privy Council in 1902, 2 in 1903, and 1 in 1904. No. 108.-Criminal Cases.-Appeals direct to Privy Council, 1896-1905. NOTK.-In the case of The Queen v. Prior (1898), leave to appeal was refused by the Privy Council. No. 109.-Barristers practising in New South Wales. NOTE-The Master in Equity, District Court Judges, non-practising Barristers and Barristers on the Roll not now resident in the State, are omitted from the above Table. Admission to the Bar.-The Board for approval of qualified persons to be admitted as Barristers of the Supreme Court of New South Wales consists of the Judges of the Supreme Court and the Attorney-General and two elected members of the Bar. King's Counsel.-A King's Counsel is appointed by Commission signed by the Governor, upon a recommendation made by the Attorney-General to the Executive Council. Nine barristers held this appointment in January, 1906. Crown Prosecutors.-Seven barristers, who receive an annual salary, hold appointments as Crown Prosecutors at the Courts of Quarter Sessions. Others, who are paid by fees, are specially appointed, on the recommendation of the Attorney-General, for each sitting of the Circuit Courts. No. 111. Crown Solicitor's Office: Lawsuits, 1896-1905. Section IV.-TRANSACTIONS IN REAL ESTATE, MORTGAGES, PATENTS, &c. No. 112.-Area and Value of Land under Real Property (Torrens') Act on 31st December, 1905. No. 113.-Land Titles granted under Real Property (Torrens') Act, 1905. Represents 625 properties. + Stamp Duty Crown Lands. The amount of Stamp Duty is that which has been paid by applicants upon receipt of deeds from the Registrar-General, and does not represent the sum charged by the Commissioner of Stamp Duties during the year, on deeds forwarded to him by the Department of Lands. Although conveyances of land from the Crown are always registered under the Real Property Act, the payment of the Stamp Duty, which is collected by the Registrar-General, cannot be enforced until the application for deeds is made. |