The King v Rix - [1931] NZLR 984

Criminal Law — Practice — Indictable Offence — Breaking and Entering — Plea of "Guilty" before Justices — Committal for Sentence and Sentence — Offender subsequently ascertained to be a "Child" within the Meaning of the Child Welfare Act, 1925 — Whether the Jurisdiction of the Children's Court is exclusive — Plea of "Guilty," Committal for Sentence, and Sentence quashed — Child Welfare Act, 1925, s 29.