Daemar v Gilliand - [1979] 2 NZLR 7

Judicial review — Criminal law — Whether a Magistrate's refusal to commit a defendant for trial is reviewable under the Judicature Amendment Act 1972 — Whether a Magistrate acts without jurisdiction when on the preliminary hearing of a theft charge, after holding that there was no proof of the value of the goods allegedly stolen, he amends the information from an indictable offence to a summary offence — Whether a stay of proceedings entered by the Solicitor-General is reviewable by the Court — Whether a Registrar is entitled in the exercise of the discretion conferred on him by s 147 of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957 to refuse to issue a summons.