Rex V. Obassi Enyi Ubi Obonwa (1937) LJR-WACA
Rex V. Obassi Enyi Ubi Obonwa (1937) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Slave dealing contrary to section 369 (2) of the Criminal Code—Sex 0:-Convictionby Highchild subject of charge wrongly stated in information. Held : Failure to state correctly the sex of child alleged to be subject of slaver”, is fatal, […]
Rex V. Nwachuku Nwagbosa (1936) LJR-WACA
Rex V. Nwachuku Nwagbosa (1936) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Conviction of murder in 1933—Commutation of death sentence to Appeal from imprisonment for life—Application for extension of time and for c;;11;inctin.°11. leave to appeal—Section 18 (1) of Ordinance No. 47 of 1988— Court Opposed by Crown. Held Application dismissed, and […]
Rex V. Ngwu Obuka (1936) LJR-WACA
Rex V. Ngwu Obuka (1936) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Slave dealing and child stealing—Power of Appeal Court under Section 11 (2) of Ordinance No. 47 of 1933 to substitute verdict of guilty of an offence not charged. Held : Power will not be exercised unless it is clear trial […]
Rex V. Nelson Asiegbu (1937) LJR-WACA
Rex V. Nelson Asiegbu (1937) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Convictions on two counts for fraudulent false accounting—Counts open to objection on ground of duplicity—No miscarriage of justice thereby—Section 10 (1) of Ordinance No. 47 of 1933. Held : Section 10 (1) of Ordinance 47 of 1933 applied, Rex v. […]
Rex V. Mustafa Adegboyega & Ors (1937) LJR-WACA
Rex V. Mustafa Adegboyega & Ors (1937) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Stealing contrary to section 890 of the Criminal Code—Offences underAppviotiounsisections 421 and 419 (” Money Doubling “) of Criminal Code by High discussed.court. Held : Appeals dismissed. There is no need to set out the facts. Ivor Brace […]
Rex V. Mama Timbuktu (1937) LJR-WACA
Rex V. Mama Timbuktu (1937) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Conviction for murder—Question of reduction to manslaughter withdrawn from jury. Held : Such question was for the jury, and verdict substituted under section 11 (2) of the West African Court of Appeal Ordinance. The facts of this case are sufficiently […]
Rex V. Latubosun (1937) LJR-WACA
Rex V. Latubosun (1937) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Charge of murder—Can accused be convicted of being an accessory after the fact to such murder ? The accused was charged with murder. The evidence showed that while not guilty of that offence he was an accessory after the fact to […]
Rex V. Kofi Marfu (1936) LJR-WACA
Rex V. Kofi Marfu (1936) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Murder—Trial with assessors—Assessors differ—Judge convicts under section 260 of Criminal Procedure Code—Weight of evidence—Delay of eye-witness in reporting—Element of doubt—Standard of proof—Separate trials when defences inimical. Held : Appeal allowed. Conviction quashed.J. L. Minnow for Appellant. T. A. Brown for […]
Rex V. Joseph Quaye (1937) LJR-WACA
Rex V. Joseph Quaye (1937) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Conviction for falsification of accounts—Admissibility of evidence— Appeal fmmviFraudulent entry by innocent agent. Held : Rex v. Oliphant followed and appeal dismissed.Supreme Court. The facts of the case are sufficiently set out in the judgment. A. Sawyer, (with him Heward […]
Rex V. Keluntang Jameh (1936) LJR-WACA
Rex V. Keluntang Jameh (1936) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Assault of deceased by accused to recover moneys owing to him by Case statedby deceased—Deceased dies as result of such assault—Accused con- of the Judge thevicted of manslaughter by Judge sitting without a jury. The accused on 30th September. 1934, […]