Does a defendant have to pay costs when he is convicted of a criminal offence?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Rex v. Standall, 1919 CanLII 176 (SK QB):
And in Nicholls v. Hall, Keating, J., who alone deals with the question of costs, says: The appellant has been convicted of a criminal offence and obliged to come here. I think he should have his costs.
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