Emmanuel Yao Boateng V. The King (1949) LJR-WACA

Emmanuel Yao Boateng V. The King (1949) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Criminal Procedure—Gold Coast Criminal Procedure Code, section 286—Trial with assessors. Facts At a trial of the appellant with assessors, the trial Judge summed up the evidence to them and gave a proper direction. At the conclusion of the […]

R. S. Blay & Ors V. J. M. Solomon (1947) LJR-WACA

R. S. Blay & Ors V. J. M. Solomon (1947) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Preliminary objection—Interlocutory decision—Time for appeal—Distinctionbetween interlocutory and final judgment—West African Court of Appeal Ordinance, section 3 (3). Facts The respondent, as plaintiff sued the appellants, as defendants, for possession of property, an account of rents […]

Abdul Karim Basma V. Gladys Muriel Weekes & Others (1950) LJR-WACA

Abdul Karim Basma V. Gladys Muriel Weekes & Others (1950) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Co-ntract—Sale of house—House owned by three tenants in common—One tenant without power to contract—Purchaser named in Agreement agent for known principal—Sufficient memorandum to satisfy Statute of Frauds—Specific performance against two vendors in respect of their […]

Bandailey V. Commissioner Of Police (1946) LJR-WACA

Bandailey V. Commissioner Of Police (1946) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Criminal Law—Admissibility of evidence of co-accused as a -witness for theprosecution. A person charged jointly with the accused is a competent witness for the prosecution if he is not tried together with the accused. Winsor v. The Queen (2) […]

Kofi Badoo & Ors V. Ohene Kwesi Ampung & Ors (1949) LJR-WACA

Kofi Badoo & Ors V. Ohene Kwesi Ampung & Ors (1949) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Native Court Procedure—No necessity for details of inspection of locus to berecorded as evidence. It is not a necessary part of the procedure of Native Courts that the details of an inspection of a. […]