Clough v Davies - [1919] NZLR 197

Criminal Law — Justices — Conviction — Two Informations on same Facts — Plea of Guilty to First Information — Second Information heard before Decision of First — Conviction and Penalty thereon — Subsequent Conviction on First Information but no Penalty — Conviction on Second Information set aside — First Information remitted to Magistrate — Penalty imposed — Whether Magistrate functus officio — Justices of the Peace Act, 1908, s 72 (2) — Opium Act, 1908, s 5 — Customs Act, 1913, s 223.