Key v Bastin

Subject Matter

CRIME — Criminal law — Information — Printed Matter without Printer's Name and Address — Fiat of Attorney-General — Prosecution to be in Name of Law Officer of Crown — Condition precedent — Breach — Magistrates' Power to amend — 2 & 3 Vict. c. 12, ss. 2 and 4 — Newspapers Printers and Reading Rooms Repeal Act, 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. 24), s. 1, and Second Schedule — Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1848 (11 & 12 Vict. c. 43), ss. 1, 9.