Polly v Police - [1985] 1 NZLR 443

Criminal law — Offences — Trespass after warning to leave — Whether the assistant manager of a hotel was a person "in lawful occupation" who could warn another to leave — Whether the assistant manager could authorise the police to give such a warning — Whether evidence from the assistant manager was admissible to establish his authority to control the hotel at the time the warning was given — Trespass Act 1980, ss 2 and 3.