Amery v Solicitor-General - [1987] 2 NZLR 292

Criminal law — Jurisdiction — Abuse of Court's process — Two French agents had been sentenced to imprisonment on charges of manslaughter and wilful damage — In an attempt to prevent their removal from New Zealand while still serving their sentences, appellant brought lesser criminal charges against them based on the same foundation of facts — Proceedings were stayed by Solicitor-General — Whether bringing of new charges was an abuse of the process of the Court — Summary Proceedings Act 1957, s 173.