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High Court Wellington
7 June; 29 June 1951
Hay J
7 June; 29 June 1951
Hay J
Police Offences — Wilful Obstruction — Physical Obstruction not Essential — Mere Nondisclosure of Name and Address not Wilful Obstruction — "Wilful obstruction" — Police Offences Act, 1927, s 77.
Police — False Imprisonment — Suspected Vagrant refusing to give Name and Address to Constable — Constable arresting Him on charge of Obstruction — No Reasonable Grounds for Arrest on That Ground — Constable liable in Damages for False Imprisonment.