Ryan v The Queen - [1972] NZLR 736

Criminal law — Trial of indictments — The hearing — Witnesses — Case for the prosecution — Deposition of absent witnesses — Principal witness bona fide believed to be overseas at time of hearing — Deposition read by agreement pursuant to Summary Proceedings Act 1957 s 184(1) — Subsequent discovery that witness not overseas — Reading of deposition serious irregularity — Conviction quashed and new trial ordered.