William Robert Williams v The Queen - (1883) 1 NZLR (SC) 217

Petition of Right — Amendment — Variance — New trial — Weight of evidence — Wharf — Negligence — Negligent ignorance — "Crown Suits Act 1881" — Mooring vessel alongside wharf — "Unmooring" — Liability of owner of wharf for injury done by snag in bed of harbor.