The King v Malcolm - [1951] NZLR 470

Criminal Law — Trial — Murder — Direction to Jury — Common Purpose — Persons jointly charged with Murder — Judge directing Jury that Verdict of Murder against One and Verdict of Manslaughter against Other could not stand — Evidence proving Murder or Nothing — Proper Direction that Jury cannot find Manslaughter — Function of Jury — Crimes Act, 1908, s 90 (2).

Criminal Law — Practice — Counsel quoting to Jury Extracts from Judgments necessarily relating to Different Circumstances — Such Practice Undesirable and Misleading.