Rex V. Samuel AJayi Shodipo (1948) LJR-WACA
Rex V. Samuel AJayi Shodipo (1948) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Criminal Procedure—Offence in Abeokuta Magisterial District—Preliminaryenquiry and committal by Magistrate of Lagos Magisterial District—Nigeria Criminal Procedure Ordinance, section 64–Magistrates’ Courts Ordinance,section 26 (1). Where an offence is committed in one Magisterial district, the preliminary enquiry and committal must be […]
Rex V. Patrick Osakwe (1948) LJR-WACA
Rex V. Patrick Osakwe (1948) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Criminal Law—Nigeria Criminal Code, section 99. The following judgment was delivered: Ames, Ag. C.J. This is an appeal from a conviction in the Supreme Court of the Ibadan Judicial Division for an offence of extortion by public officers, contrary to […]
Rex V. Onitiri (1946) LJR-WACA
Rex V. Onitiri (1946) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Criminal Law–Nigeria Criminal Code, sections 467 and 468—Expert evidence as to forgery by police officer—Evidence Ordinance, sections 56 and 5 (a)—Interpretation of ” writing “—Interpretation Ordinance, section 3—Record of Civil Suit as evidence of uttering—Supreme Court Ordinance, section 62. Cases referred […]
Rex V. Sunday Omoni (1949) LJR-WACA
Rex V. Sunday Omoni (1949) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Criminal Law—Murder—Defence of Insanity—Nigeria Criminal Code,section 28—Comparison with English law and distinctions between Nigerianand English law—What must be proved by the defence to establish a defence ofinsanity under Nigerian Law. Comparison of the answers to the second and third questions […]
Rex V. Nwankwo & Anor (1946) LJR-WACA
Rex V. Nwankwo & Anor (1946) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Joinder of offences—Criminal Procedure Ordinance (Nigeria), sections156 to 161. The power of joinder of offences conferred by section 158 of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance is, where the conditions laid down in that section are fulfilled, not limited by the […]
Rex V. Kwesi Mensah (1948) LJR-WACA
Rex V. Kwesi Mensah (1948) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Criminal Law—Homicide—Murder or Manslaughter—Negligence—Mis-direction. The Gold Coast law as to criminal negligence is very different from the law as to that in England and many other places. In the Gold Coast, criminal negligence amounts to little more than what is […]
J. R. Quansah V. Nana Brompon Yankum II & Ors (1949) LJR-WACA
J. R. Quansah V. Nana Brompon Yankum II & Ors (1949) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Gold Coast Courts Ordinance, section 74—Applicability of native law and custom. The facts are fully set out in the judgment. Appeal from the Supreme Court of the Gold Coast. Williams for Appellant (defendant below). […]
Ayo Potts-johnson V. Commissioner Of Police (1947) LJR-WACA
Ayo Potts-johnson V. Commissioner Of Police (1947) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Criminal Law—Nigeria Criminal Code, section 404 (1) (a)—” Corruptly andunder colour of employment “—Applicability of English Law. Facts The appellant was in the employ of the public service as a Lady Welfare Officer and demanded and received sums […]
Ohene Achia Payin II Of Bansu For Himself And As Representing The Stool Of Bansu V. Ohene Polley Anquandah Of Tomento For Him-self And As Representing The Stool Of Tomento & Ors (1947) LJR-WACA
Ohene Achia Payin II Of Bansu For Himself And As Representing The Stool Of Bansu V. Ohene Polley Anquandah Of Tomento For Himself And As Representing The Stool Of Tomento & Ors (1947) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Stool Land—Bansu and Tomento Stools—Functions and powers of AppellateCourt in relation to […]
M. A. Oyewole V. J. Kelani (1948) LJR-WACA
M. A. Oyewole V. J. Kelani (1948) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Case Stated under West African Court of Appeal Ordinance, section 7—Motorcar collision—Admissibility of_eztidence of conviction of defendant for offence arising out of collision. Evidence of conviction of a person for a motoring offence arising out of an accident […]