R v Connell - [1985] 2 NZLR 233

Criminal law — Trial before Judge alone — Grounds for appeal — Reasons for verdict — Accused was convicted after trial on indictment before a Judge without a jury — Whether grounds of appeal were limited by s 385(1) of the Crimes Act 1961 — General observations on the requirements for Judge's reasons for his verdict.

Criminal law — Discovery — Disclosure of material by prosecution — Whether Official Information Act 1982 altered existing practice in criminal trials.

Criminal law — Extradition from Commonwealth country — Whether Fugitive Offenders Act 1881 precluded charges, additional to those on which he had been extradited, from being brought against an accused — Fugitive Offenders Act 1881, s 18.