Alfred Ifeacho Vs Board Of Custom And Excise (1966) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BAIRAMIAN, J.S.C.  The appellant, who elected to be tried summarily, was tried by Magistrate Ojomo on three counts laid under the Customs and Excise Management Act of 1958, and was convicted on them all. On appeal to the High Court of Lagos,…

Dr. S. A. Aluko V The Director Of Public Prosecutions Western Nigeria (1963) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BAIRAMIAN, JSC The appellant and two others (who have not appealed) were convicted in the High Court of Western Nigeria (Adeyinka Morgan, J. on 21st February, 1963); of an offence against section 47 (1) (c) of the Criminal…

Commissioner Of Police V Smart Ededey (1963) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BAIRAMIAN JSC When this appeal came up on the 1st November, the respondent objected that it could not be heard on the ground that the Commissioner of Police had no right to appeal, or that he could not appeal without leave. What happened was…

Bashiru Ayinde V The Queen (1963) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BRETT, J.S.C. The appellant was convicted in the High Court of Western Nigeria of the murder of his wife, Taibatu Ayinde, to whom he had been married for about six years. They would appear to have lived together happily and there was no evidence of…

Jide Digbehin Vs The Queen (1963) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BRETT, J.S.C. The three appellants were convicted of murdering a man named Noah Agemo, and it is not in dispute that he met his death in the presence of all three of them and of no other eye witness. On the evidence, if the trial…

The Queen V. Effiong Okon Eyo (1962) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report TAYLOR JSC The appellants were four of the six accused persons who stood trial at the Assizes held at Uyo in the Calabar Judicial Division on the following eight counts:- Count 1:with Riot contrary to S.71 of the Criminal Code. Counts 2, 3, and…

T.I. Agunwa V. J.E. Onukwue (1962) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BAIRAMIAN JSC  In this appeal, the defendant complains against the judgment given by W. J. Palmer, J., on the 5th April, 1960, in Suit No. E/33/59 of the Enugu Judicial Division.The defendant was the landlord of the plaintiff, whom he turned out of the premises,…

Okon Vs Okpo (1962) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BAIRAMIAN JSC This appeal is from the judgment given by Kaine, J., on 6th May, 1960, in the Calabar consolidated Suits No. 51 and 52 of 1951, in favour of the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs in both suits are the representatives of Mbiatuk Itam, Ito District. In Suit…

Umaru Gwandu V. N.A Gwandu (1962) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BAIRAMIAN JSC Umaru Gwandu was tried before the Emir of Gwandu’s Court on the prosecutor’s statement that he had killed a woman by the name of Rabi. There is no dispute that he threw a mortar at her head as she lay asleep during the…

National Investment & Properties Company Limited & Anor V. Bank Of West Africa Ltd (1962) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BAIRAMIAN JSC This appeal is against the judgment of de Lestang, C.J., High Court of Lagos in favour of the plaintiff Bank. The Bank’s case was that Mansour had deposited three certificates of leasehold property in…