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Court of Appeal Wellington
5, 6 February; 11 March 1963
North J., Turner J., McCarthy J.
5, 6 February; 11 March 1963
North J., Turner J., McCarthy J.
Criminal law — Preliminary hearing — Defendant committed for trial — Whether order forbidding publication of evidence may be made after committal — Summary Proceedings Act 1957, s. 156
Defamation — Privilege — Newspaper report of preliminary hearing of indictable offence — Order forbidding publication of part of evidence made after defendant committed for trial — Whether order made with jurisdiction — Whether a "lawful order" — Whether order made on insufficient grounds or on no grounds at all a "lawful order" — Defamation Act 1954, s. 17 (3) (a).