Catchwords
Criminal law – Appellant convicted of attempted murder of his wife by setting fire to car – Whether verdict was unsafe or unsatisfactory or productive of a "miscarriage of justice" entitling the appellant to an acquittal or retrial – Significance of a defective police investigation – Whether misdirection on elements of offence and motive – Relevance in this context of marital discord.
Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 (SA) s 353.