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Shorthand Notes. The only statutory provision for the taking of shorthand notes is in s. 16 of the Criminal Appeal Act, 1907 (see that title).

Such notes of the evidence are usually made in important cases; but the costs of taking them will usually not be allowed, unless on an appeal they are used by the court [see Castner, etc., Co. v. Commercial Corporation, (1899) 1 Ch 803), and they can be so used on an appeal from a county court, even though not signed by the judge, Barber v. Burt, (1894) 2 QB 437. The costs of shorthand notes of the judgment of a court below are on appeal allowed without special order, Re De Falbe, (1901) 1 Ch 542.