A manslaughter conviction was quashed and an acquittal entered where the only evidence identifying the accused as the stabber was a dock identification by a witness with no prior knowledge of the accused (elicited in cross-examination by defence counsel) and untested deposition statements of a biased witness who had left Australia. The combination of weak identification evidence and untested deposition evidence from a witness with motive to falsely accuse was insufficient to sustain the conviction.
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