Judgements

DIVISION: SUPREME COURT DATE: 6TH NOVEMBER, 1961 BEFORE: CRABBE J.S.C. JUDGMENT OF CRABBE J.S.C. The function of the trial judge after the conclusion of the whole evidence in criminal trials with a jury is set out in section 277 of the Criminal Procedure Code (Act 30) and it reads: “When, in a trial before a […]

DIVISION: IN THE HIGH COURT, ACCRA DATE: 31ST OCTOBER, 1961 BEFORE: OLLENNU, J. CASES REFERRED TO (1) Kwakye v. Tuba & Ors. [1961] G.L.R. (Pt. II) 535 (2) Yawoga v. Yawoga (1958) 3 W.A.L.R. 309 NATURE OF PROCEEDINGS APPEAL from a judgment of the West Akim Abuakwa Local Court in a land cum succession suit.

DIVISION: IN THE SUPREME COURT DATE: 30TH OCTOBER, 1961 BEFORE: VAN LARE, SARKODEE-ADOO AND CRABBE, JJ.S.C. CASE REFERRED TO Winsor v. The Queen (1865) 1 Q.B.D. 390 NATURE OF PROCEEDINGS APPEAL from an order made by Prempeh J. on the 16th December, 1960, at the Assizes held in the High Court, Ho, whereby he discharged

DIVISION: IN THE SUPREME COURT DATE: 30TH OCTOBER, 1961 BEFORE: VAN LARE, SARKODEE-ADOO AND CRABBE JJ.S.C. CASE REFERRED TO (1) R. v. Davies (1954) 38 Cr. App. R.11, H.L. (2) Bharat v. The King [1959] A.C. 533; [1959] 3 W.L.R. 406; [1959] 3 All E.R. 292, P.C. (3) R. v. Obiase (1938) 5 W.A.C.A. 16

DIVISION: IN THE HIGH COURT, HO DATE: 30TH OCTOBER, 1961 BEFORE: PREMPEH, J. CASE REFERRED TO Solomon Jonah v. Kojo Owu (1937) 3 W.A.C.A. 170 NATURE OF PROCEEDINGS APPEAL from a judgment of a local court in a suit for declaration of title to land and for damages for unlawful arrest. COUNSEL F. T. C.

DIVISION: IN THE HIGH COURT, ACCRA DATE: 30TH OCTOBER, 1961 BEFORE: OLLENNU, J. JUDGMENT OF OLLENNU J. In an application by the plaintiff, a reverend of a church, for an order of interim injunction to restrain the defendants, a disgruntled group of church members, from using the church premises in Accra, and for the appointments

DIVISION: SUPREME COURT DATE: 30TH OCTOBER, 1961 BEFORE: VAN LARE J.S.C. JUDGMENT OF VAN LARE J.S.C. A conviction can quite properly be based entirely on the evidence of a confession by a prisoner, and such evidence is sufficient as long as the trial judge, as in this case, enquired most carefully into the circumstances in

DIVISION: IN THE HIGH COURT, ACCRA. DATE: 27TH OCTOBER, 1961 BEFORE: OLLENNU J. JUDGMENT OF OLLENNU J. Since a local court has no jurisdiction in a land case unless the value thereof is shown not to exceed £G200, a plaintiff who institutes a land suit in a local court, or who requires a local court

DIVISION: IN THE HIGH COURT, ACCRA DATE: 27TH OCTOBER, 1961 BEFORE: OLLENNU, J. CASE REFERRED TO Ankrah v. Debra and Olaga (1956) 1 W.A.L.R. 89 NATURE OF PROCEEDINGS ACTION by the three plaintiffs, children of three deceased brothers, to recover nine farms left by.their fathers. COUNSEL E. G. Tanoh for the plaintiffs. G. Koranteng-Addow for

DIVISION: IN THE HIGH COURT, ACCRA DATE: 27TH OCTOBER, 1961 BEFORE: OLLENNU J. CASES REFERRED TO (1) Dankwa v. Fuller (1958) 3 W.A.L.R. 168 (2) Sikpo v. Lassinueh (1922) F.C. ‘22, 29 (3) Green v. Rutherforth (1750) 1 Ves. Sen. 462; 27 E.R. 1144 (4) R. v. Shropshire County Court Judge (1887) 20 Q.B.D. 242