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Appeals from District Court in criminal cases against sentence only.
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50.—Where—
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(a) an order is made in a criminal case by a justice of the District Court convicting a person and sentencing him to pay a penal or other sum or to do anything at any expense or to undergo a term of imprisonment or to be detained in Saint Patrick's Institution, and
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(b) an appeal is taken against the order, and
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(c) either—
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(i) the notice of appeal states that the appeal is against so much only of the order as relates to the sentence, or
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(ii) the appellant, on the hearing of the appeal, indicates that he desires to appeal against so much only of the order as relates to the sentence,
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then, notwithstanding any rule of law, the Circuit Court shall not, on the hearing of the appeal, re-hear the case except to such extent as shall be necessary to enable the court to adjudicate on the question of sentence.
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