Key legal question
Whether the criminal appeal was admissible despite non-payment of the requested advance on costs.
Extracted holding
The Federal Supreme Court could not enter into the merits because the advance on costs was neither paid nor duly debited within the set time limit.
Extracted reasoning
After the appellant failed to pay the advance and did not obtain approval for an alternative set-off proposal, the statutory consequence of inadmissibility followed under the Federal Supreme Court Act.