Can a conviction be quashed on the basis that the justice intended to convict the wrong person?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from McGuire v. Saunderson, 1920 CanLII 273 (SK QB):
Simpson v. Lock, 1903 CanLII 106 (NWT SC), 7 C.C.C. 294, a decision of Wetmore, J. in 1903, is in point. In that case it could not be ascertained from the proceedings for which separate offence the justice intended to convict, and the conviction was quashed on a case stated by the justice.
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