Rex v Badger - (1903) 23 NZLR 89

Criminal Law — Libel — Indictment — Sufficiency — Innuendo — "Defamatory Libel" — Charge against Solicitor — Privilege — Self-protection — Plea of Justification — Striking out Irrelevant Matter — Fair Comment — Matter of Public Interest — Conduct of Solicitor — Order authorising Prosecution — Sufficiency — "The Criminal Code Amendment Act, 1901," Sections 2 and 5 — "The Criminal Code Act, 1893," Sections 363 and 405 (Subsection 2).