Matthews v Department of Labour - [1984] 2 NZLR 400

Criminal law — Evidence — Modes of proof of previous conviction — Defendant was charged in 1982 with being a prohibited immigrant — Prosecution alleged defendant had been deported from New Zealand in 1977 — Date of birth and country of birth of person deported in 1977 had been entered on the information laid against that person — Whether these particulars were admissible as evidence of the defendant's identity — Evidence Amendment Act (No 2) 1980, s 27 — Summary Proceedings Act 1957, s 71.