Rex V. Isaac Pennington Blake (1942) LJR-WACA

Rex V. Isaac Pennington Blake (1942) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Criminal law—Wounding contrary to section 338 (1) of Criminal-Code—Unprovoked assault—Penknife used in self defence. Facts A Government Medical Officer, believing that the appellant was a person who practised illicit injections, stopped him on the road, and, after asking some […]

Rex V George Payne.

Rex V George Payne. LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal ” of preventing or hindering him from doing an act which he ” was lawfully entitled to do, in a matter unrelated to a trade ” dispute, does not commit an offence within the meaning of ” section 366 of the […]

Rex V. George C. Thomas (1942) LJR-WACA

Rex V. George C. Thomas (1942) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Criminal ‘law—Libel—Law in force in Sierra Leone as to sentence —Jurisdiction to amend in absence of appeal against sentence. Facts The appellant was convicted in the Supreme Court of Sierra Leone upon three counts of defamatory libel. He was […]

Rex V. Gabriel Joes Nwagbani (1942) LJR-WACA

Rex V. Gabriel Joes Nwagbani (1942) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Criminal Law—Stealing by clerk or servant, section 390 (6) Appeal. frontCriminal Code—General deficiency—Conviction quashed.; Accused drew money on vouchers and kept a book showing particulars Court. of outgoings. He was found to be £16 6s 94d short. Held : […]

Rex V. Eku Eyu (1942) LJR-WACA

Rex V. Eku Eyu (1942) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Criminal Procedure—Previous conviction. Held : If we had not felt it our duty to quash the convictions we–should High Court. have granted the appellant leave to appeal against the sentences and .then reduced them because their severity appears to have […]

Rex V. Egbe Iboko Alo (1942) LJR-WACA

Rex V. Egbe Iboko Alo (1942) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Murder contra seption 319—FightL—Misdirection as to duel— Appeal ftrenVerdict pf manslaughter substituted. There was a challenge to fight which was accepted by the appellant who Court. struck the first blow and killed the deceased. Held: That the essence of […]

Rex V. Dick Ogiiulu Opia (1942) LJR-WACA

Rex V. Dick Ogiiulu Opia (1942) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Criminal late—Section 29 of the Poisons and Pharmacy °refinance No. 42 of 1936—” Intention to sell ” contrary to section 14— Illegal purpose—Absurdity and injustice resulting from strict grammatical interpretation of Ordinance. Held: That the words ” for any […]

Rex V. Corporal Kamara & Ors (1942) LJR-WACA

Rex V. Corporal Kamara & Ors (1942) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Criminal la w—4’onspitacy and Malicious Damage Act 1861—Aal fromMisdirection—Consecutive sentences on three counts relating convippection byto one act or series of acts. Facts The seven appellants were chargtd on an information containing three founts, one of conspiracy to […]

Rex V. Barnabas Mbu (1942) LJR-WACA

Rex V. Barnabas Mbu (1942) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Criminal Law—Official corruption and extortion by public officers contra sections 98 and 99 of Criminal Code—Person employed in public service—section 3 (1) (a) and (b) of Native Authority Ordinance No 43 of 1933. Facts An employee of Bamenda Native Administration […]

Rex V. Azusa Akpunonu & Anor (1942) LJR-WACA

Rex V. Azusa Akpunonu & Anor (1942) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Criminal Law—Murder—Child buried alive by its father—Mother Appeal from present when crime committed—No evidence that mother aided, High Court. abetted, counselled or procured father to commit the act. Facts The appellants were the ‘father and mother respectively, of […]