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Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Conviction for murder—Question of reduction to manslaughter withdrawn from jury.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, […]

Rex V. Joseph Olagbaiye (1936) LJR-WACA

Rex V. Joseph Olagbaiye (1936) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Preparation for coining contra section 148 (3) (c) Criminal Code and unlawful possession of counterfeit coin corrtra section 152 (8) Criminal Code—Conviction on both counts—Concurrent sentences of four years’ imprisonment with hard labour imposed by Trial Court. Held : Sentences […]

Rex V. Issac Olatunji Kuge (1936) LJR-WACA

Rex V. Issac Olatunji Kuge (1936) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Appellant convicted on one count for stealing contra section 390 (6) Criminal Code and on eleven counts for fraudulent false accounting contra section 438 (c) Criminal Code, and sentenced to the maximum penalty of seven years’ imprisonment with hard […]

Rex V. Igbinovia (1936) LJR-WACA

Rex V. Igbinovia (1936) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Appellant charged under section 148 (3) (c) and section 152 (3) of Criminal Code. On the first charge the particulars failed to set out possession ” without lawful authority or excuse.” On the second charge the particulars failed to set out […]