G E Davis and Company Limited v McLeod - [1949] NZLR 145

Practice — Certiorari — Justices — Defendant convicted and fined Amount in Excess of Maximum for Offence charged — Defendant with Right of Appeal — Application for Writ of Certiorari to quash Conviction — Excessive Use of Jurisdiction — Certiorari available — Conviction quashed — Amendment of Conviction refused — Inferior Courts Procedure Act, 1909, s 8.