The King v Otto The King v Gibbs And Harvey - [1951] NZLR 602

Prisons — Escape from Lawful Custody — Prisoner transferred from Prison to Hospital for Treatment — Order transferring Him to Hospital by One Visiting Justice (instead of "by . . . a Magistrate or the Visiting Justices") — Prisoner escaping from Such Hospital — Prisoner not to benefit by Technical Error or Irregularity in Order of Transfer — Prisoner "in lawful custody" at Time of Escape — Prisons Act, 1908, s 46 — Crimes Act, 1908, ss 143, 147 (2).