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Court of Appeal Wellington
11, 12, 19 December 1967
North P., Turner J., McCarthy J.
11, 12, 19 December 1967
North P., Turner J., McCarthy J.
Criminal law — Indictment — Attempt to murder — Offence committed on Commonwealth ship — Court's jurisdiction to try indictment — Crimes Act 1961, ss. 8, 400
Practice — Criminal law — Trial by jury — Alternative charges — Evidence precluding defence of self defence — That defence mentioned by the Judge to the jury in relation to the second charge but not the first — Accused convicted by the jury on the first charge — Whether misdirection by Judge.