R v Sorby - [1976] 2 NZLR 516

Criminal law — Trial of indictments — Verdict — Jury's verdict ambiguous and jury discharged — Jury functus officio could not be recalled to substitute another verdict — Judge not bound to accept verdict in original form unless jury insists — Where verdict of guilty accompanied by explanatory statement it is accepted as verdict of guilty unless statement negates or is inconsistent with verdict.