Sheahon v Room - [1917] NZLR 497

Criminal Law — Practice — Information — War Regulations against Treating — Persons supplied not named in Information or Evidence — Evidence for Prosecution accepted by Magistrate — Information dismissed because Defence embarrassed by Non-disclosure of Names — Regulation putting Onus of Proof on Defendant after reasonable Suspicion established — Whether ultra vires — War Regulations Act, 1914 — War Regulations Amendment Act, 1916, s 3 (1) (h) (iv), (2) — War Regulations, 21st August, 1916 (NZ Gazette 1916, II, 2801), Clauses 5, 9.