R v Wood - [1982] 2 NZLR 233

Criminal law — Evidence — Judicial notice of matter not raised in evidence — Cultivation of cannabis — Defendant claimed that the cannabis plants found by the police had been grown from seeds that she believed were supertom tomatoes — No evidence was given as to the manner of growing a supertom tomato — Whether jury could place some weight on their knowledge as home gardeners that supertom tomatoes grew from grafted plants.