R v Hare - [1952] NZLR 688

Criminal Law — Evidence — Admissibility — Evidence of Similar but Unrelated Criminal Acts — Admissible upon Issue whether Acts Charged designed or accidental or to rebut Defence open to Accused — General Denial of Offence Charged satisfying Such Condition when necessarily raising Particular Defence — Qualification as to Exercise of Judicial Discretion in Proper Cases.

Criminal Law — Trial — Summing-up — Suggested Corroboration — No Corroboration on Some Points as mentioned — Final Passage in Summing-up Insufficient to dispose of Earlier Suggestion of Corroboration — Conviction quashed — New Trial ordered.