Ministry of Transport v Crawford - [1988] 1 NZLR 762

Transport and transport licensing — Offences — Driving with excess blood alcohol — Mens rea — Defence of total absence of fault — Driver had knowingly consumed alcohol without knowing that it was considerably stronger than normal — Whether lack of knowledge or a mistake as to the strength of the alcohol was a defence — Whether lack of knowledge and absence of any lack of care was relevant to sentence — Transport Act 1962, s 58(1)(b).