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Court of Appeal Wellington
3, 14 April 1967
Wild C.J., Turner J., McCarthy J., McGregor J.
3, 14 April 1967
Wild C.J., Turner J., McCarthy J., McGregor J.
Criminal law — Appeal against conviction — Murder — Parties to an offence — Common purpose — Whether blow causing death "in the prosecution of the common purpose" — Whether Judge's direction adequate — Whether alternative verdict of manslaughter open on the evidence — Observations on constitutional right of jury to return a verdict of manslaughter — Crimes Act 1961, ss. 66, 168.