Rex V. Lewis Wangara (1944) LJR-WACA
Rex V. Lewis Wangara (1944) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Criminal Law—Murder—Insanity—-Onus of proof and degree thereof required—Criminal Code s. 52 Criminal Procedure Code, s.130. Facts Defendant was convicted by a jury of murder and appealed on the ground that the jury were not directed as to the sufficiency of […]
Rex V. Jeremiah Terry (1944) LJR-WACA
Rex V. Jeremiah Terry (1944) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Criminal Law. Impetial Statutes (Criminal Law), Adoption Ordinance, 1932—Larceny Act, 1916, s. 2 ; s. 33 (1) ; s. 35—Larceny ; Receiving ; Aiding and abetting larceny—Trial with assessors, under Jurors and Assessors Ordinance., Cap. 106. Facts Defendant was charged […]
Rex V. James Ernest Bandoh (1944) LJR-WACA
Rex V. James Ernest Bandoh (1944) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Criminal Law and Procedure—Criminal Code, s. 359—Perjury–CriminalProcedure Ordinance, ss. 202, 231—Particulars of offence—West African Court of Appeal Ordinance, s. 10 (1), Proviso. Facts Defendant was convicted of perjury on a count which did not aver that he knew the […]
Rex V. Jackson Akpon Umo & Ors (1944) LJR-WACA
Rex V. Jackson Akpon Umo & Ors (1944) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Criminal Law—Murder—Evidence—Admissibility of statements by defendants—Breach of Rule of the Judges’ Rules, as applied to illiterates. Facts In R. v. Afose and others (2 W.A.C.A., 118) the Court laid down the manner in which Rule 8 of […]
Rex V. Bays Ogumogu (1944) LJR-WACA
Rex V. Bays Ogumogu (1944) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Criminal Law—Criminal Code ss. 509 and 135 (a)–Attempt to escape from lawful custody. On the question whether the breaking of the handcuff chain by or with the consent of an unconvicted defendant, with intent to escape, is an attempt to […]
Rex V. Hammar Dangar (1944) LJR-WACA
Rex V. Hammar Dangar (1944) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Criminal Law—Murder or Manslaughter—Homicide in course of unlawful arrest—Criminal Code ss. 317, 319, 283. Facts The defendant had been arrested by the deceased, a Native Authority policeman, and escaped ; on the deceased attempting to recapture him, the defendant killed, […]
Rex V. Flight-Lieut. Austin Robert Quinn (1944) LJR-WACA
Rex V. Flight-Lieut. Austin Robert Quinn (1944) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Gambia Criminal Code, section 230 (b)—Charge of obstructing police in execution of duty—Entering premises, without search warrant, to investigate—Request to leave—Defence (Protected Places and Areas) Rules, 1941, rule 3 (1) (b)—Police Ordinance, 1916, section 3 (1) (b). Facts […]
Rex V. Ernst Friedrich (1944) LJR-WACA
Rex V. Ernst Friedrich (1944) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Criminal Law—Criminal Code, s. 271 (1) ; s. 34—Stealing by means of employment ; defence of lawful appropriation. Facts Appellant was charged on seven counts with stealing by means of employment on certain dates ; but he was convicted on […]
Rex V. Emmanuel Joseph Cobolah (1944) LJR-WACA
Rex V. Emmanuel Joseph Cobolah (1944) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Criminal Law, Procedure, and Evidence—Expert evidence on handwriting—Privilege not to produce proceedings—Discretion as to the calling of a witness—Judgment immediately after hearing—Cap. 4, s. 77. Facts Defendant was convicted at Assizes of falsifying accounts and of stealing on ample […]
Rex V. Emanuel Kanwe Odiakosa (1944) LJR-WACA
Rex V. Emanuel Kanwe Odiakosa (1944) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Criminal Law—Charge of fraudulent false accounting, under Criminal Code, section 438—Prima facie of omission to enter items with intent to delay discovery of cash deficit—Whether accused should be called upon—Case stated. Facts Upon the prosecution only establishing a prima […]