Wilkinson v The King - [1947] NZLR 412

Criminal Law — Appeal — Evidence — Admissibility — Incest — Adopted Daughter — Evidence of Witnesses of Happenings between Accused and Adopted Daughter Two Years before Date of Alleged Incest — Admissible as Elements in Proof of their Illicit Connection about the Date charged in the Indictment — Whether such Evidence corroborative of Girl's Evidence — Direction not instructing Jury as to Requirement of Proof of Crime beyond Reasonable Doubt — Whether sufficient — Crimes Act, 1908, s 155 — Criminal Appeal Act, 1945, s 3.