The Court of Criminal Appeal has jurisdiction, derived from its implied power to do justice to the parties, to reopen a criminal appeal after judgment has been delivered and the order perfected, where the Court has proceeded on a misunderstanding of the relevant facts. This jurisdiction is not confined to the slip rule. The circumstances must be exceptional, and the appeal must not have been finally determined on its merits. A submission of apprehended bias will not succeed merely because the same bench is asked to reconsider a matter upon being informed of factual errors in its earlier judgment.
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