7 OCTOBER 1911, Page 19

The papers of Friday week contained the account of the

first instance of the Court of Criminal Appeal setting aside a conviction for murder. But the Court declared that the con- viction was set aside only for technical reasons—alleged corroboration of one witness's evidence at the trial was shown to have been not really corroborative—and that they wished they had the power to order a new trial. The Court ought certainly to have this power, and we hope that Mr. Justice Darling's solemn words of regret will not be ignored.