R v Black - [1956] NZLR 204

Criminal Law — Practice — Trial — Judge's Charge to Grand Jury published in Newspapers delivered to Each Member of Common Jury hearing Charge of Murder — Long-standing Practice for Judge's Charge to be reported in Newspapers — Accused Convicted — In view of All Circumstances of Trial, Common Jury not prejudiced in Its Deliberations by Anything read in the Report of Some Days previously — No Miscarriage of Justice — Criminal Appeal Act 1945, s 4.

Criminal Law — Manslaughter — Appellant reckless whether Death occurred or not — No Room for Verdict of Manslaughter, where Defence of Provocation failed — Crimes Act 1908, s 182 (b).