C v R - [1994] 2 NZLR 621

Criminal practice and procedure — Inherent jurisdiction of the Court to stay proceedings as an abuse of the process of the Court — Allegations of indecent assaults said to have occurred 27 years or more before complaint — Accused unable to remember specific events — Whether delay prejudicial to the accused to the extent that fair trial not possible — Effect of alleged inculpatory statements by the accused — Whether merits of the case relevant to the exercise of the inherent jurisdiction.