R v George - [1984] 1 NZLR 272

Juries — Deliberations — Principles summarised regarding procedure to be followed by Judge and Registrar when inquiring whether jury had reached a verdict — Mode of communication between Judge and jury discussed — Suggestion by Registrar to jury after they had been considering their verdict for about eight hours that if they did not reach a verdict in 15 minutes they would be discharged — Jury returned a guilty verdict 10 minutes later — Whether new trial should be ordered.