In re Mulvaney - [1928] NZLR 129

Shipping and Seamen — Seaman engaged in New Zealand — Failure to join Ship — Plea of "Guilty" to Charge of Desertion — Sentence of Imprisonment — No Jurisdiction to impose Imprisonment — Conviction quashed — Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, s 132 — Shipping and Seamen Amendment Act, 1909, s 24.