Dawson v Alexander Shand and Company Limited - [1968] NZLR 922

Practice — Appeal to Supreme Court — Summary proceedings — Appeal on question of law — Information dismissed by Magistrate — Whether information had been determined by Magistrate's Court — Whether non-compliance with statutory requirements destroyed the competence of the Magistrate's Court to deal with the information — Summary Proceedings Act 1957, ss. 19 (a), 107 — Food and Drugs Act 1947, ss. 6 (5A), 24 (2) (3) (4).