New Zealand Lost Cases: Case Note: R v E Hipu

Authors

  • Shaunnagh Dorsett

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26686/vuwlr.v41i1.5243

Abstract

This note considers the 1845 decision of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in E Hipu. E Hipu was the first decision of the Supreme Court to apply those provisions of the Native Exemption Ordinance which allowed a fine to be substituted for imprisonment in cases of theft. The Native Exemption Ordinance was a significant mechanism in the early colony by which criminal law was modified in its application to Maori, and was crucial to the framing of Crown-Maori relations.

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Published

2010-05-03

How to Cite

Dorsett, S. (2010). New Zealand Lost Cases: Case Note: R v E Hipu. Victoria University of Wellington Law Review, 41(1), 89–98. https://doi.org/10.26686/vuwlr.v41i1.5243