Nicolls v King - [1951] NZLR 91

Justices — Evidence — Offence triable Summarily — Accused failing to Testify — Prima facie Case made out against Him — Appeal from Conviction — Comment on Accused's Failure to give Evidence permissible — Such Failure taken into Account by Court — Justices of the Peace Act, 1927, ss 72, 303, 315.

Transport — Offences — Offence triable Summarily — Evidence — Prima facie Case against Accused — Accused's Failure to Testify — Relevance — Court may take Same into Account — Transport Act, 1949, s 40.