O F Nelson and Co Ltd v Police - [1932] NZLR 337

Criminal Law — Participating in, and aiding and encouraging, the Activities of a Seditious Organization — Acts prohibited by Statute — Convictions — Trading Company incorporated in Samoa — Whether Mens rea a Necessary Ingredient of the Offence — Whether "Person" includes a Body Corporate — Evidence — Admissibility — Whether Letters written by Company's Managing Director to certain Samoan Natives Evidence against the Company — Excessive Penalty — Convictions confirmed — Acts Interpretation Act, 1924, ss 4, 6 (1) — Samoa Act, 1921, ss 35 (1), 371 — Samoa Seditious Organizations Regulations, 1930, Clause 3 (4).