R v Bishop - [1996] 3 NZLR 399

Criminal law — Evidence — Witnesses — Sexual abuse charges — Crown not calling complainant at trial — Defence applying for an order requiring Crown to call the complainant — Application declined — Court order that complainant be called by the Court — Whether Court had power to call witness — Circumstance in which it was appropriate to do so — Crimes Act 1961, s 368(2).