Ashton v Police - [1964] NZLR 429

Transport and transport licensing — Cancellation of licence and disqualification — Person convicted of aiding another in commission of offence of dangerous driving — Whether aider's licence subject to cancellation — Transport Act 1949, s. 41 (Transport Amendment Act (No. 2) 1958) (Transport Act 1962, s. 31).

Transport and transport licensing — Offences — Owner of vehicle sitting in vehicle alongside driver — Driver persistently driving in a dangerous manner — Whether owner guilty of aiding driver in commission of offence — Whether evidence of driver's conviction admissible — Transport Act 1949, s. 40 (Transport Act 1962, s. 57 (b)) — Crimes Act 1961, s. 66 — Summary Proceedings Act 1957, s. 76.