Kuala Lampur, Dec. 13 -- An appeal in a criminal case is brought by filing a notice of appeal within 14 days from the date of the judgment. The appellant then acquires the statutory right to ask for the notes of evidence of the trial judge.

The notes of evidence must include the parties' contentions or submissions and the facts upon which these are based.

It is said that one of the essential purposes, if not a requirement of an appeal, is that the parties and counsels alike should be placed in a position as to be able to present their case as fully and effectively as possible and this object would naturally be defeated and cut down and hence justice denied if the trial judge "should seek to dismember part or parts of the usual record ag...