The King v Storey - [1931] NZLR 417

Criminal Law — Manslaughter — Whether Distinction between Ordinary Negligence and Gross or Criminal Negligence — Test of "Reasonableness" — Contributory Negligence — Whether a Defence to Criminal Proceedings — Right of Judge to submit Issues to Jury — Verdict, Meaning of — Error of Judgment — Novus actus interveniens — Whether Negligence caused Death — Exclusion of Evidence — New Trial — Whether Court of Appeal bound by its previous Decisions — Crimes Act, 1908, ss 170, 171, 442 — Motor-vehicles Act, 1924, s 27.