Rex V. Samuel Ribeira Okyere Bau (1944) LJR-WACA

Rex V. Samuel Ribeira Okyere Bau (1944) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Criminal Law and Procedure—Charge of Libel under s. 246 (2) of Criminal Code—Denial of publication for the first time by defendant in his evidence—Permission to prosecution to call rebutting evidence after close of defence—Criminal Procedure Code, s. 275. […]

Rex V. Sam Mofor (1944) LJR-WACA

Rex V. Sam Mofor (1944) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Criminal Law—Conviction where finding inadequate to establish offence charged—Criminal Code, section 412. Sam Mofor having been charged with unlawfully entering a dwelling house with intent to commit a felony therein, the trial Judge found that Sam Mofor had entered the […]

Rex V. Romanus Ezejiogu (1944) LJR-WACA

Rex V. Romanus Ezejiogu (1944) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Criminal Law—Charge of corruption contrary to section 116 (1) of the Criminal Code—Conviction on evidence not establishing charge as laid—Appeal. Facts The Appellant (Romanus Ezejiogu) a police constable, was charged under section 116 (1) of the Criminal Code of Nigeria, […]

Rex V. Peters Udo Akpabio (1944) LJR-WACA

Rex V. Peters Udo Akpabio (1944) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Criminal Law–Stealing by Agent : section 390 (8) (b) of the Criminal Code. Fraudulent False Accounting : section 438 (c) of the Criminal Code—Fraudulent Intent—Onus of proof. Facts The defendant was charged (1) with stealing £4 10s. 5d. entrusted […]

Rex V. Nanwiah Dagarti (1944) LJR-WACA

Rex V. Nanwiah Dagarti (1944) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Criminal Law and Procedure—Trial with Assessors—MurderJudge’s omission to tell Assessors of benefit of reasonable doubt—Criminal Procedure Code, ss. 261 and 264. Facts Defendant was tried by a Judge sitting with Assessors, to whom, in his summing-up, he omitted to say […]

Rex V. Palmer Iyakwe (1944) LJR-WACA

Rex V. Palmer Iyakwe (1944) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Criminal Law—Burglary and Stealing—Doctrine of recent possession. Facts The only evidence to connect Palmer Iyakwe with the burglary and stealing being the fact that five months after it he was in possession of stolen shoes and passed them to another […]

Rex V. Mohammed Bada & Anor (1944) LJR-WACA

Rex V. Mohammed Bada & Anor (1944) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Criminal Law—Manslaughter—Two defendants of whom one rightly convicted—Onus to prove the other acted in concert. Facts The 1st Defendant was driving at a great pace, a lorry with a left hand drive, and the second was seated on […]

Rex V. Lewis Wangara (1944) LJR-WACA

Rex V. Lewis Wangara (1944) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Criminal Law—Murder—Insanity—-Onus of proof and degree thereof required—Criminal Code s. 52 Criminal Procedure Code, s.130. Facts Defendant was convicted by a jury of murder and appealed on the ground that the jury were not directed as to the sufficiency of […]

Rex V. Jeremiah Terry (1944) LJR-WACA

Rex V. Jeremiah Terry (1944) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Criminal Law. Impetial Statutes (Criminal Law), Adoption Ordinance, 1932—Larceny Act, 1916, s. 2 ; s. 33 (1) ; s. 35—Larceny ; Receiving ; Aiding and abetting larceny—Trial with assessors, under Jurors and Assessors Ordinance., Cap. 106. Facts Defendant was charged […]

Rex V. James Ernest Bandoh (1944) LJR-WACA

Rex V. James Ernest Bandoh (1944) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Criminal Law and Procedure—Criminal Code, s. 359—Perjury–CriminalProcedure Ordinance, ss. 202, 231—Particulars of offence—West African Court of Appeal Ordinance, s. 10 (1), Proviso. Facts Defendant was convicted of perjury on a count which did not aver that he knew the […]