Sharkey v Auckland City Corporation - [1975] 1 NZLR 281

Transport and transport licensing — Driving while under the influence of drink — Proof of excess of alcohol in blood — Medical certificate defective as to whether one or two samples had been taken — Medical practitioner not called as a witness — Transport Act 1962, s 58B.

Evidence — Documentary evidence — Medical certificate of excess alcohol in blood defective — Extrinsic oral evidence of person other than medical practitioner who certified inadmissible to cure defect.