Collector of Customs v Hewitt - [1988] 1 NZLR 243

Indecent publications — Forfeiture of goods — Information in rem alleged that video tapes imported by defendant were "believed to be indecent" - Whether Crown may rely on presumption in s 299 of the Customs Act to prove that the tapes were indecent — Whether evidence of injury to the public good was required — Whether Judge should have regard to his personal views that the tapes were injurious to the public good — Customs Act 1966, s 299(1) - Indecent Publications Act 1963, ss 2 and 11.