R. v. Murphy, Ex parte Bernard Jean, New Brunswick (Attorney General), (1969) 1 N.B.R.(2d) 297 (CA)

JudgeBridges, C.J.N.B., Ritchie and Limerick, JJ.A.
CourtCourt of Appeal (New Brunswick)
Case DateMarch 12, 1969
JurisdictionNew Brunswick
Citations(1969), 1 N.B.R.(2d) 297 (CA)

R. v. Murphy (1969), 1 N.B.R.(2d) 297 (CA);

    1 R.N.-B.(2e) 297

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R. v. Murphy, Ex parte Bernard Jean, Attorney General of New Brunswick

Indexed As: R. v. Murphy, Ex parte Bernard Jean, New Brunswick (Attorney General)

Répertorié: R. v. Murphy, Ex parte Bernard Jean, New Brunswick (Attorney General)

New Brunswick Court of Appeal

Bridges, C.J.N.B., Ritchie and Limerick, JJ.A.

March 12, 1969.

Summary:

Résumé:

Application by Attorney General to have defendant committed for contempt of court (New Brunswick Court of Appeal).

Contempt - Topic 1107

What constitutes contempt - Publications - Contempt of court - Writing published calculated to bring a court or a judge of the court into contempt - Application for committal of defendant by Attorney General - Proof of intention (New Brunswick Court of Appeal).

Cases Noticed:

Ex parte Baird, In re Ellis (1888), 27 N.B.R. 99, also under R. v. Ellis (1889), 28 N.B.R. 497 refd.

In re Hawke (1888), 28 N.B.R. 391, also under R. v. Hawke (1889), 28 N.B.R. 400, refd.

McLeod v. St. Aubyn, [1899] A.C. 549 (P.C.), consd.

R. v. Gray, [1900] 2 Q.B. 36, folld.

R. v. New Statesman (Editor), Ex parte Director of Public Prosecutions (1958), 44 T.L.R. 301, appld.

Ambard v. Attorney General for Trinidad and Tobago, [1936] A.C. 322 (P.C.), appld.

Perera v. The Queen, [1951] A.C. 482 (P.C.), appld.

R. v. Solloway (1936), 67 C.C.C. 77, appld.

R. v. Western Printing & Publishing Ltd. (1954), 34 M.P.R. 129, appld.

Re R. v. Wallbridge, [1936] O.R. 482, dist.

R. v. Duffy et al., [1960] 2 All E.R. 891, dist.

In the matter of a Special Reference from the Bahama Islands, [1893] A.C. 138, dist.

Craig v. Harney (1947), 331 U.S. 367, dist.

R. v. Nicholls (1911), 12 C.L.R. 280 (Australia), dist.

R. v. Odham's Press Ltd., [1956] 3 All E.R. 494, appld.

R. v. Dolan, [1907] 2 I.R. 260, appld.

Adam v. Campbell, [1950] 3 D.L.R. 449, refd.

Counsel:

J.F.H. Teed, Q.C., and Hazen Strange, for the Crown;

David Nicholson, and Alan A. Borovoy (Of the Ontario Bar), for Murphy.

The judgment of the Court was delivered by Bridges, C.J.N.B.

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  • R. v. Kopyto, (1987) 24 O.A.C. 81 (CA)
    • Canada
    • Ontario Court of Appeal (Ontario)
    • November 27, 1987
    ...[1958] S.C.R. 41, refd to. [para. 105]. R. v. Glanzer et al., [1963] 1 C.C.C. 364 (Ont. H.C.), refd to. [para. 106]. R. v. Murphy (1969), 1 N.B.R.(2d) 297; 4 D.L.R.(3d) 289 (C.A.), refd to. [para. Re Borowski (1971), 3 C.C.C.(2d) 402 (Man. Q.B.), refd to. [para. 107]. Re Ouellet (Nos. 1 and......
  • R. v. Wellwood (K.H.) et al., [2011] B.C.T.C. Uned. 689
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • May 27, 2011
    ...before judicial discretion can be exercised may be considered in light of what sort of evidence may be needed. [60] In R. v. Murphy (1969), 1 N.B.R. (2d) 297 (C.A.), the court said at para. 21: Counsel for the defendant endeavoured to have two sociologists, Dr. Lyn MacDonald and Dr. Frank J......
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  • R. v. Kopyto, (1987) 24 O.A.C. 81 (CA)
    • Canada
    • Ontario Court of Appeal (Ontario)
    • November 27, 1987
    ...[1958] S.C.R. 41, refd to. [para. 105]. R. v. Glanzer et al., [1963] 1 C.C.C. 364 (Ont. H.C.), refd to. [para. 106]. R. v. Murphy (1969), 1 N.B.R.(2d) 297; 4 D.L.R.(3d) 289 (C.A.), refd to. [para. Re Borowski (1971), 3 C.C.C.(2d) 402 (Man. Q.B.), refd to. [para. 107]. Re Ouellet (Nos. 1 and......
  • R. v. Wellwood (K.H.) et al., [2011] B.C.T.C. Uned. 689
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • May 27, 2011
    ...before judicial discretion can be exercised may be considered in light of what sort of evidence may be needed. [60] In R. v. Murphy (1969), 1 N.B.R. (2d) 297 (C.A.), the court said at para. 21: Counsel for the defendant endeavoured to have two sociologists, Dr. Lyn MacDonald and Dr. Frank J......

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