Alliu Kadiri Edu V. The Commissioner Of Police (1952) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Criminal Law and Procedure—acquit—Time for pleading—When plea good—Post Office employee acquitted ofstealing parcel—Subsequent charge of negligently losing it.Criminal Code, section 173 (2)—Post Office employees—Negligence resulting in loss of parcel.Criminal Procedure Ordinance—Sections 161 and 181 on autrefois…

C. S. T. Edmondson V. P. S. N’jie (1954) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Tort—Libel—Privilege—Malice. Facts The appellant, a legal practitioner in Sierra Leone, received by post from the Gambia a complaint from someone alleging that the respondent, a legal practitioner in the Gambia, had obta ned a tenancy agreement…

William Eche V. The Queen (1952) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Criminal Law—Insanity—Uncontrollable impulse—Criminal Code, section 28 Facts The appellant struck the deceased with an axe on the head in the night as deceased was sitting in a deck chair outside appellant’s house. Next morning appellant, when arrested, said that…

Fidelis O. Ebuwa And Ors V. The United Africa Company Ltd. (1955) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Libel—express malice—statements of fact—fair comment—consolidated suits—joint tort feasors—onejudgmentfor damages in both suits. Facts These were two separate actions for libel against different defendants which were consolidated and tried together. The first action was…

Shehu Dummemi V. The Queen (1955) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Murder—Provocation—need not necessarily be given by victim—section 318 of the Criminal Code Facts This was an appeal on a conviction of murder. The incident arose out of a fight between two groups of young men. The only matter for…

Akanbi Dosunmu V. Tijani Amusa Dosunmu (1954) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West Africa Court of Appeal Native Law and Custom—Property allotted to wife. Facts The plaintiff (now respondent) claimed the rents of some rooms as his alleging that they had been allotted to a wife in accordance with native law and custom, and descended…

Ohene Djan & Anor V. The Queen (1954) LJR-WACA LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West Africa Court of Appeal Criminal Law—Accomplices—Witnesses treated by Court as accomplices—Corroboration—Conviction on evidence of accomplices. Facts “Corroboration must be independent testimony which affects the accused byconnecting or tending to connect him with the crime. In other words, it must be…

Philip Dim V. The Queen (1952) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West Africa Court of Appeal Criminal Law—Intent to murder—Insanity—Crown not calling medical evidence—Defence of “black-out”—Criminal Code, sections 27 and 28. Facts Sections 27 and 28 of the Criminal Code read as follows:—“27. Every person is presumed to be of sound mind, and to have…

Reuben Delor V. Norli Foli (1952) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West Africa Court of Appeal Contract—Loan secured by goods—Authority to take goods in default. Tort—Taking of goods pursuant to contract. Facts The dispute arose out of a contract of loan; a creditor (Delor) lent money to a debtor (Foli) who undertook in the contract…

Cleopatra Rebecca Danner V. Attorney-general To The Government Of The Gambia (1953) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West Africa Court of Appeal Protectorate Lands Ordinance, sections 6 and 15—Land occupied by nonindigene without lease or registration of terms but with requisite approval—Dispossession—Compensation. Facts The Ordinance provides that occupation of land in the Protectorate by indigenes…