Judgements

DIVISION: HIGH COURT, SEKONDI DATE: 8 FEBRUARY 1965 BEFORE: DJABANOR J. NATURE OR PROCEEDINGS ACTION for injunction to restrain the defendant from selling by auction the plaintiff’s properties. COUNSEL K. A. K. Erskine for the plaintiff. E. A. Puplampu for the defendant. JUDGMENT OF DJABANOR J. When this case came up for hearing it was […]

DIVISION: HIGH COURT, SEKONDI DATE: 8 FEBRUARY 1965 BEFORE: DJABANOR J. CASE REFERRED TO R. v. Thomas [1950] 1 K.B. 26; 65 T.L.R. 586; 93 S.J. 695; [1949] 2 All E.R. 662; 33 Cr.App.R. 200, C.C.A. [p.45] of [1965] GLR 44 NATURE OF PROCEEDINGS APPEAL from convictions for dangerous driving and negligently causing harm. COUNSEL

DIVISION: HIGH COURT, HO DATE: 3 FEBRUARY 1965 BEFORE: SOWAH J. CASES REFERRED TO (1) R. v. Asiegbu (1937) 3 W.A.C.A. 142. (2) Republic v. Amoah, Supreme Court, Cyclostyled Judgments, July-December 1961, p.56, unreported. NATURE OF PROCEEDINGS APPEAL from a decision of the District Court, Ho, convicting and sentencing the accused to eight months’ imprisonment

Division: HIGH COURT, CAPE COAST Date: 29 JANUARY 1965 Before: LASSEY J. CASE REFERRED TO Mensah v. Commissioner of Police [1963] 2 G.L.R. 536, S.C. NATURE OF PROCEEDINGS APPEAL from a conviction by the Cape Coast Circuit Court on 9 November 1964, for smoking Indian hemp contrary to sections 48 (a) and 57 of Act

DIVISION: HIGH COURT, CAPE COAST DATE: 29 JANUARY 1965 BEFORE: LASSEY J. NATURE OF PROCEEDINGS APPEAL from a judgment of the Circuit Court, Cape Coast, affirming the decision of Cape Coast Local Court Division 2, successor to the Municipal Court B of Cape Coast, awarding £G10 damages against the defendant for slander. The action had

DIVISION: HIGH COURT, CAPE COAST DATE: 29 JANUARY 1965 BEFORE: LASSEY J. CASES REFERRED TO (1) In re Padstow Total & Collision Assurance Association (1882) 20 Ch.D. 137; 51 L.J. Ch. 344; 45 L.T. 774; [1881-85] All E.R. Rep.422. (2) Bailey & Whites Ltd v. House (1915) 31 T.L.R. 583. (3) Slater v. Mayor of

DIVISION: HIGH COURT, HO DATE: 28 JANUARY 1965 BEFORE: SOWAH J. NATURE OF PROCEEDINGS ACTION by the plaintiff for a declaration that as the only child of her father she was entitled to succeed to his properties. COUNSEL Ofosu Asante for the plaintiff. I. N. K. Wuaku for the defendant. [p.14] of [1965] GLR 13

DIVISION: SUPREME COURT DATE: 22 JANUARY 1965 BEFORE: MILLS-ODOI, ACOLATSE AND SIRIBOE JJ.S.C. CASE REFERRED TO Commissioner of Police v. Quarshie (1939) 5 W.A.C.A. 130. [p.8] of [1965] GLR 7-12 NATURE OF PROCEEDINGS APPEAL against a conviction for robbery entered by Akiwumi, Jun. J. sitting with the aid of assessors at the Criminal Session of

DIVISION: SUPREME COURT DATE: 22 JANUARY 1965 BEFORE: MILLS-ODOI, ACOLATSE AND SIRIBOE JJ.S.C. NATURE OF PROCEEDINGS APPEAL from a judgment of the High Court, Ho, confirming the appellant’s conviction by His Honour Judge Amarteifio, in the Circuit Court, Ho, for stealing. The facts are set out in the judgment of Siriboe J.S.C. COUNSEL Appellant in

Division: IN THE HIGH COURT, ACCRA Date: 28 DECEMBER 1964 Before: KINGSLEY-NYINAH J JUDGMENT OF KINGSLEY-NYINAH J  This is an appeal wherein the appellant who pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing before the District Court, Accra, on 25 November 1964, and was duly convicted and sentenced to a fine of £G25 or three months’