Maher v Johnson - [1929] NZLR 1

Practice — New Trial — Misconduct of Witness — Evidence not sufficient to establish Perjury on part of Witness — Slander Action—Statement charging Plaintiff with Theft — Plea of Justification — Whether Defendant required to prove Commission of Offence as strictly as on an Indictment for the Crime charged — New Trial refused — Code of Civil Procedure, Rule 276 (g).