R v Barker - [1986] 1 NZLR 252

Criminal law — Evidence — Corporation — Conspiring to defeat the course of justice — Crown witness gave evidence that he had earlier agreed with the accused that he would falsely confess to certain offences in return for money — Accused was charged under s 116 with conspiring to defeat the course of justice — Whether s 112 required that the evidence of the Crown witness be corroborated — Whether accused should have been charged with conspiring to commit perjury — Crimes Act 1961, ss 112 and 116.