Adebowale Alonge V The Attorney General, Western Nigeria (1964) LLJR-SC
Adebowale Alonge V The Attorney General, Western Nigeria (1964) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BRETT JSC The appellant was convicted of the murder of a woman named Jose Akintade, who was the wife of Akintade Omoye. It would appear that the appellant was in love with Jose and that Jose’s husband had discovered that the two […]
Lawani Adogan V. Afuwape Aina (1964) LLJR-SC
Lawani Adogan V. Afuwape Aina (1964) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BRETT JSC This is an appeal against the decision of Madarikan, J., in the High Court of Western Nigeria, in which he struck out an appeal brought by the defendant from the judgment of the Ikeja Grade B Customary Court given on appeal from the […]
Ibeakanmo Ugwajiofo & Anor V. Monago Onyekagbu (1964) LLJR-SC
Ibeakanmo Ugwajiofo & Anor V. Monago Onyekagbu (1964) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BRETT JSC In this case the plaintiff, who described himself as suing on behalf of himself and of Isieke, Agbaobu, brought an action against the two defendants personally, claiming a declaration of title to a piece of land called Alahuhu, and £15 damages […]
Ezekiel Akinsola Oladimeji V. The Queen (1964) LLJR-SC
Ezekiel Akinsola Oladimeji V. The Queen (1964) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BRETT JSC The appellant was convicted in the High Court of Western Nigeria on a charge of having, on the 5th July, 1962, murdered a woman or girl named Ibirinlade Falana, and Mr J. A. Cole, who appeared on his behalf in this Court, […]
Paul Eledan V. The State (1964) LLJR-SC
Paul Eledan V. The State (1964) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BAIRAMIAN JSC On the 26th March, at the hearing of this appeal, the Court dismissed it and will now give the reasons for the dismissal. The charge is that the appellant murdered one Iwagu Eledan on 4th June, 1962, at Mbiri near Agbor in the […]
Frank Onyenankeya V. The State (1964) LLJR-SC
Frank Onyenankeya V. The State (1964) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report TAYLOR JSC The appellant was tried on a charge of murdering his wife “in or about the month of May 1963.” The evidence adduced by the prosecution amounted to this: The first prosecution witness, a six-year-old daughter of the appellant, saw the appellant hit the […]
Madu Manama V. Bornu Native Authority (1964) LLJR-SC
Madu Manama V. Bornu Native Authority (1964) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ADEMOLA JSC The appellant was convicted in the Shehu of Bornus Court of the offence of culpable homicide punishable with death under Section 221 (a) of the Penal Code: he was sentenced to death. His appeal to the High Court of the Jos Judicial […]
Oloyede Akingbade V. Oyeyipo Elemosho (1964) LLJR-SC
Oloyede Akingbade V. Oyeyipo Elemosho (1964) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ADEMOLA JSC This is yet another appeal arising out of the sale of a piece of land at Oju-Elegba, Suru-lere by the Oloto family to two different persons at different times. The plaintiff/appellant traced his title to the Oloto Chieftaincy family, the land forming a […]
Philip Upetire V. A. G Western Nigeria (1964) LLJR-SC
Philip Upetire V. A. G Western Nigeria (1964) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report TAYLOR JSC The appellant has appealed to this Court against his conviction by the High Court Akure for the murder of a boy, Jones Wilson on the 8th August, 1963. That the appellant killed the deceased, and another son of P.W.2 Jessy Wilson, […]
Wadih Chidiak V. A.K.I. Laguda (1964) LLJR-SC
Wadih Chidiak V. A.K.I. Laguda (1964) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report This is an appeal from the judgment of Coker J. of the High Court of Lagos delivered in the course of the hearing of an action for the dissolution of the partnership agreement made between the plaintiff and the defendant on the 2nd of April, […]