The King v Sheehan - [1944] NZLR 874

Criminal Law — Practice — Trial — "Adverse comment" — Cross-examination of Prisoner — Question asked him, "Are you calling your wife?" — Other Questions suggesting that Prisoner did not call Wife because her Evidence would be Adverse — Whether such Question, in conjunction with the others, constituted "Adverse comment" — Jurisdiction — Limitation on Court of Appeal as to Application of Remedy — Crimes Act, 1908, ss 423, 442, 445 (1) — Evidence Act, 1908, s 5.