Taka v Police - [1996] 2 NZLR 449

Criminal law — Arrest — Police powers of arrest without warrant — Police investigating complaint of assault — Assailant located on property where police were searching — Arrest of assailant who assaulted officers and endeavoured to escape — Whether police had implied licence to be on property where assailant located — Whether police empowered to arrest without warrant — Appellant acquitted on original assault charge but convicted on other charges — Appeal against conviction — Crimes Act 1961, ss 315 and 317.