R v Murdoch - [1981] 1 NZLR 249

Criminal law — Bail — Estreat or forfeiture of bail bond — Relevance of the means of the surety — Whether, when exercising its discretionary jurisdiction to grant relief to a surety in estreat or forfeiture proceedings, the Court is entitled to take into account the means of the surety — Summary Proceedings Act 1957, s 58 — Crown Proceedings Act 1950, s 23.