Re Moke Ta'Ala - [1956] NZLR 474

Samoa — Criminal Law — Evidence — Accomplice — No Provision in Samoan Statute-law relating to Accessories before or after the Fact — All Offences deemed to be Misdemeanours — Common-law Category of Accomplices, for Application of Rule as to Evidence of Accomplices, not including, in Samoa, Accessories before or after the Fact — Such Rule applicable, in Samoa, only to Persons "committing, procuring, or aiding and abetting" Offence charged — Samoa Act 1921, ss 149, 204, 214, 349.

Samoa — Criminal Law — Practice — Trial — Judge with Assessors — Summing-up of Judge in Open Court unnecessary — Where Judge sums up in Open Court for Guidance of Assessors, Summing-up to conform with Rules followed by British Courts for Guidance of Jury — Such Rules including Rule of Law Relating to Warning as to Evidence of Accomplices.