Rex V. Albert Dogbe Alias Togbe (1947) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Criminal Law and Procedure—Murder—View of locus in quo—Procedurethereat—Evidence thereof—Admissibility—Evidence of wife of appellant-Admissibility—Gold Coast Criminal Procedure Code, sections 116, 117 and 123. Facts Where an inspection of the focus in quo is carried out, each of the witnesses…

Rex V. Francis Olu Coker (1947) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Criminal Law—Official Secrets Act, section 2 (2)—” Receipt “—OfficialSecrets Act, section 2 (1) (b). Where a secret official document is left on the doorstep of a house and is picked up and retained by the occupier he does not…

Rex V. Emmanuel Addutei Brown (1949) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Criminal Law—Libel—Privilege–Non-direction. In a trial for libel contrary to section 246 (2) of the Gold Coast Criminal Code the trial Court must specifically direct itself (or the jury or assessors) on the question of privilege. Case referred to :…

Rex V. Elias Bamin (1946) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Defence Regulations (Sierra Leone)—.Regulation No. 26A—Possession ofproperty reasonably suspected of having been stolen—Trial Judge’s directionto Assessors—Quantum of proof that possession by accused was lawful—Discharge of that onus—Sentence. Facts The appellant appealed against his conviction for having in his possession property…

Rex V. Kwaku Awonu (1946) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Criminal Law—Gold Coast Criminal Code, sections 232, 231, 141, 212,14 (1)—Manslaughter by negligence—Law of Gold Coast and Nigeria as to man-slaughter by negligence—Penalty—Reduction of sentence. Facts In the circumstances of this case, as set out in the judgment, the trial…

Rex V. Ashigifuwo (1948) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Murder—Defence of insanity—Factors to be taken into account in decidingsuccess or failure of this defence—Nigeria Criminal Code, section 28—Quantum of proof. Mere absence of any evidence of motive for a crime is not a sufficient ground upon which to infer mania.…

Rex V. Hogan Antia & Anor (1949) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Criminal Law—Possession of unfinished currency notes—What are “unfinishednotes “. The charge related to possession of blank slips, the size and shape of West African Currency Notes, bearing on one side an inscription in Arabic characters similar to that…

Rex V. Kwame Amoah (1947) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Criminal Law and Procedure—Sentence—Error and subsequent correction andamendment by trial Judge. Facts The appellants were charged on several counts and the trial Judge, in error, passed sentence upon the fourth and fifth appellants on count 1 whereon he had acquitted…

Rex V. Amissah (1946) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Receiving stolen property—Constructive possession. Before a person can be convicted of dishonestly receiving goods, there must be physical or constructive possession. ” Constructive possession ” means that the goods must be in the possession of a person whose relationship with the…

Rex V. Rufai Alli & Anor (1949) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Criminal Law—Murder—Evidence—Evidence Ordinance, section 177—Necessity for close scrutiny of evidence of an accused- implicating a co-accused. The only evidence against the first appellant was that of the second appellant and while this could not be ignored, it should,…