Fraser v Police - [1967] NZLR 447

Transport and transport licensing — Offences — Driving while under the influence of drink or a drug to such an extent as to be incapable of having proper control of a motor vehicle — Offender taken to police station — Whether arrested — Sample of blood taken — Whether by consent — Oral evidence as to alcoholic content of blood given by qualified person — Whether admissible — Weight to be given to expert evidence — Transport Act 1962, ss. 58, 62A

Evidence — Admissibility — Oral evidence as to alcoholic content of blood sample taken pursuant to the provisions of s. 62 of the Transport Act 1962 — Sample taken before midnight Friday not forwarded to analyst until Tuesday morning — Whether provisions of Act complied with — Transport Act 1962, s. 62A (3).