Judgements

Division: IN THE SUPREME COURT Date: 18 DECEMBER 1964 Before: MILLS-ODOI, ACOLATSE AND SIRIBOE JJ.S.C. JUDGMENT OF MILLS-ODOI J.S.C. Mills Odoi J.S.C. delivered the judgment of the court. The appellants were convicted by Apaloo J. (as he then was), sitting with assessors at the Criminal Session of the High Court at Kumasi on 12 December […]

Division: IN THE SUPREME COURT Date: 15 DECEMBER 1964 Before: OLLENNU, ACOLATSE AND SIRIBOE, JJ.S.C. JUDGMENT OF OLLENNU J.S.C. Ollennu J.S.C. delivered the judgment of the court. This appeal is against the conviction of the appellant by the High Court, Ho, for rape. The trial was conducted with assessors. Most of the facts in the

Division: IN THE HIGH COURT, ACCRA Date: 29 OCTOBER 1964 Before: HAYFRON-BENJAMIN J. NATURE OF PROCEEDINGS APPEAL against conviction of stealing contrary to the Criminal Code, 1960, s.124. The facts are fully set out in the judgment of Hayfron-Benjamin J. JUDGMENT OF HAYFRON-BENJAMIN J. The appellant was charged with stealing contrary to section 124 of

Division: IN THE HIGH COURT, KUMASI Date: 20 APRIL 1964 Before: DJABANOR J. JUDGMENT OF DJABANOR J. On the afternoon of Sunday, 3 February 1963, the plaintiff Mr. I. R. Aboagye, then district magistrate at Bolgatanga in the Upper Region of Ghana was entertaining friends in his bungalow. He and a Mr. Mensah, a detective

Division: IN THE HIGH COURT, KUMASI Date: 23 MARCH 1964 Before: DJABANOR J. NATURE OF PROCEEDINGS ORIGINATING SUMMONS brought by the plaintiff against the defendants who were refusing to satisfy a judgment debt in accordance with the terms of the Motor Vehicles (Third Party Insurance) Act, 1958, claiming an amount of £G2,404 15s. JUDGMENT OF

Division: IN THE SUPREME COURT Date: 4TH JUNE, 1962 Before: KORSAH, C.J., VAN LARE AND SARKODEE-ADOO, JJ.S.C. JUDGMENT OF SARKODEE-ADOO J.S.C. Sarkodee- Addo J.S.C. delivered the judgment of the court. This is an appeal from a judgment of Adumua-Bossman, J., (as he then was) sitting in the Land Court, Cape Coast, whereby he dismissed the

Division: IN THE HIGH COURT, ACCRA Date: 22ND DECEMBER, 1959. Before: OLLENNU J. JUDGMENT OF OLLENNU J. (His lordship referred to the pleadings, and continued:—) None of the plaintiffs can succeed in his action unless he is able to satisfy the Court, by preponderance of evidence as in all civil cases, that he is a

Division: IN THE HIGH COURT (LANDS DIVISION), CAPE COAST Date: 22ND DECEMBER, 1959 Before: ADUMUA-BOSSMAN J. JUDGMENT OF ADUMUA-BOSSMAN J. (His lordship stated the history of the matter, and continued:—) The question which arose for determination in the trial-Court, and which now arises in this appeal, was whether the plaintiff by the evidence which he

Division: IN THE COURT OF APPEAL Date: 11TH DECEMBER, 1959. Before: KORSAH C.J., VAN LARE J.A., AND GRANVILLE SHARP J.A. Homicide—Misreception of wife’s evidence—Presumption as to nature of marriage in absence of evidence—Application of sec. 10(1) of the Court of Appeal Ordinance—Inaptness of “retaliation” to describe acts of man provoked—Misdirection—Murder reduced to manslaughter. HEADNOTES Okoe