Judgements

Division: COURT OF APPEAL Date: 14 NOVEMBER 1966 Before: OLLENNU, AZU CRABBE AND LASSEY JJ.A. NATURE OF PROCEEDINGS APPEAL from a conviction for murder entered by Sowah J. sitting with a jury. The facts are sufficiently set out in the judgment of the court. COUNSEL S. A. X. Tsegah for the appellant. K. A. Sekyi, […]

Division: HIGH COURT, KUMASI Date: 11 NOVEMBER 1966 Before: FRANCOIS J. CASES REFERRED TO (1) G. B. Ollivant & Co., Ltd. v. Haroun Brothers (1934) 2 W.A.C.A. 159. (2) France v. Quartey (1925) D.Ct. ‘21-’25, 194. (3) Timbo v. Jalloh (1953) 14 W.A.C.A. 339. (4) Studd v. Cook (1883) 8 App.Cas. 577; 10 R. (Ct.

Division: HIGH COURT, CAPE COAST Date: 7 NOVEMBER 1966 Before: ARCHER J. CASES REFERRED TO (1) Baxter v. Baxter [1948] A.C. 274; [1948] L.J.R. 479; [1947] 2 All E.R. 886; 64 T.L.R. 8; 92 S.J. 25, H.L. (2) Hughes v. Hughes (1866) L.R. 1 P. & D. 219; 35 L.J.P. & M. 94. (3) Callister

Division: COURT OF APPEAL Date: 4 NOVEMBER 1966 Before: AKUFO-ADDO C.J., AZU CRABBE AND LASSEY JJ.A. CASES REFERRED TO (1) R. v. Brixton Prison (Governor); Ex parte Kolczynski [1955] 1 Q.B. 540; [1955] 2 W.L.R. 116; [1955] 1 All E.R. 31; 119 J.P. 68; 99 S.J. 61, D.C. (2) Re Castioni [1891] 1 Q.B. 149;

Division: COURT OF APPEAL Date: 4 NOVEMBER 1966 Before: AKUFO-ADDO C.J., AZU CRABBE AND LASSEY JJ.A. CASE REFERRED TO Aikins v. The State [1966] G.L.R. 170, S.C. NATURE OF PROCEEDINGS APPEAL against conviction for fraud by false pretences and a sentence of twenty years’ preventive custody with hard labour. The facts are stated in the

Division: HIGH COURT, ACCRA Date: 28 OCTOBER 1966 Before: AMISSAH J.A. CASES REFERRED TO (1) Merlihan v. A. C. Pope, Ltd. [1946] K.B. 166; 173 L.T. 257; [1945] 2 All E.R. 449; 115 L.J.K.B. 90; 109 J.P. 231; 61 T.L.R. 508; 89 S.J. 359. (2) Horden-Richmond, Ltd. v. Duncan [1947] K.B. 545; [1947] 1 All

Division: HIGH COURT, TAMALE Date: 26 OCTOBER 1966 Before: ANNAN J. CASES REFERRED TO (1) Aga Khan v. The Times Publishing Co., Ltd. [1924] 1 K.B. 675; 93 L.J.K.B. 361; 130 L.T. 746; 40 T.L.R. 299, C.A. (2) Bruce v. Odhams Press Ltd. [1936] 1 K.B. 697; [1936] 1 All E.R. 287; 105 L.J.K.B. 318;

Division: HIGH COURT, CAPE COAST Date: 13 JULY 1966 Before: LASSEY J. NATURE OF PROCEEDINGS ACTION by the original plaintiff, Frederick Moore, deceased, (substituted by the plaintiffs herein as executrices of the will of Frederick Moore), for the recovery of a house devised to him under a will, wherein the defendants counterclaimed for the sum

Division: HIGH COURT, SUNYANI Date: 30 JUNE 1966 Before: HAYFRON-BENJAMIN J. CASES REFERRED TO (1) Appenteng v. Bank of West Africa Ltd., High Court, Accra, 16 February 1966, unreported. (2) Kufuor v. Kwamin (1914) 2 Ren. 808; P.C. ‘74-’28, 28, P.C. NATURE OF PROCEEDINGS ACTION based on moneylending transaction. The facts are fully set out

Division: SUPREME COURT Date: 30 JUNE 1966 Before: MILLS-ODOI, AKAINYAH AND LASSEY JJ.S.C. CASES REFERRED TO (1) R. v. Best [1909] 1 K.B. 692; 78 L.J.K.B. 658; 100 L.T. 622; 73 J.P.J. 77; 25 T.L.R. 280; 22 Cox C.C. 97; 2 Cr.App.R. 30, C.C.A. (2) R. v. May (1952) 36 Cr.App.R. 91, C.C.A. (3) R.