Fennell v Paterson - [1948] NZLR 954

Justices of the Peace — Information — Offence charged as committed between Two Specific Dates — Question in Each Case whether Reasonable Information as to Nature of Charge — Offence under Supply Control and Building Emergency Regulations — Information charging use of Forbidden Steel Conduit — Two Dates, One Year apart, mentioned — Magistrate's Refusal to hear Information on Ground that no Proper and Sufficient Information before Court — Sufficiency of Particulars — Mandamus to hear and Determine Information — Justices of the Peace Act, 1927, ss 79, 80.