Supreme Court of Canada

Sterner et al. v. The Queen, [1982] 1 S.C.R. 172

Date: 1982-02-11

Adolph August Sterner and Pleasant Valley Farms Ltd. Appellants;

and

Her Majesty The Queen Respondent.

File No.: 16523.

1982: February 11.

Present: Laskin C.J. and Ritchie, Dickson, Estey, McIntyre, Chouinard and Lamer JJ.

ON APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEAL FOR SASKATCHEWAN

Criminal law—Appeals—Questions of fact—No reversible error on part of trial judge.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan, dated March 16, 1981, dismissing the appellants’ appeals against conviction on a charge of fraud and allowing in part the appeals against sentence. Appeal dismissed.

Ernest A. Hawrish and Mark Brayford, for the appellants.

Kenneth MacKay, for the respondent.

The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by

THE CHIEF JUSTICE—We are all of the opinion that the appeal fails and must be dismissed. This appeal turned essentially on questions of fact and we find no reversible error in the trial judgment, confirmed as it was by the Court of Appeal.

Judgment accordingly.

Solicitors for the appellants: Hawrish & Hawrish, Saskatoon.

Solicitor for the respondent: Kenneth MacKay, Regina.