The applicant sought certiorari to quash his committal for trial on a charge of break, enter, and theft.
The sole evidence at the preliminary inquiry was a statement made by the applicant, which the preliminary inquiry justice ruled was voluntary and admissible.
The applicant argued this ruling was erroneous and amounted to a jurisdictional error because it was the only evidence.
The Superior Court dismissed the application, holding that the admission of the statement was an evidentiary ruling made within the justice's jurisdiction, and therefore not subject to review by certiorari, even if erroneous.
