Thomson v Attorney-General - [1996] 1 NZLR 21

Criminal practice and procedure — Indictment — Discharge — Abuse of process — Several informations heard together at preliminary hearing — Whether the Crown Solicitor can present an indictment including counts corresponding to counts on which the defendant has been discharged at the preliminary hearing — Whether it is an abuse of process to present an indictment containing counts inconsistent with the view of the facts taken by another Court on a previous conviction of the complainant — Crimes Act 1961, ss 340 and 345 — Summary Proceedings Act 1957, ss 167, 168, 180 and 182.