Judgements

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 […]

Division: IN THE COURT OF APPEAL Date: 11TH DECEMBER, 1959. Before: KORSAH C.J., VAN LARE J.A. AND GRANVILLE SHARP J.A. HEADNOTES Tinga Frafra had killed his wife, as he agreed. He said that she had given him a potion, with the object of rendering him sexually impotent. He also stated that he had found her

Division: IN THE HIGH COURT (LANDS DIVISION), ACCRA Date: 20TH NOVEMBER, 1959 Before: OLLENNU J. COUNSEL Plaintiff (Kano) in person. de Graft Johnson for defendant (Atakpla). JUDGMENT OF OLLENNU J. (His lordship reviewed the history of the matter, and continued:— The Native Court gave judgment on the 11th March, 1958, in the first action (Atakpla

Division: IN THE HIGH COURT, ACCRA Date: 17TH NOVEMBER, 1959 Before: OLLENNU J.   JUDGMENT OF OLLENNU J. (His lordship referred to the pleadings, and continued:—) The evidence led by the plaintiff as to her marriage with the late H.A. Martey was not cross-examined upon, and there is evidence led by the defendants which shows

Division: IN THE COURT OF APPEAL Date: 10TH NOVEMBER, 1959. Before: KORSAH C.J., VAN LARE J.A. AND GRANVILLE SHARP J.A. ARGUMENT OF COUNSEL Ampaw for plaintiff (appellant). Upon instructions, on the 27th December, 1958 I filed summons for directions, and the hearing of that summons was fixed for the 19th January. On the latter date

 COURT OF APPEAL DATE: 2ND NOVEMBER, 1959. BEFORE: VAN LARE AG. C.J., GRANVILLE SHARP J.A. AND OLLENNU J. CASE REFERRED TO Kodilinye v. Odu (2 W.A.C.A. 336). ARGUMENT OF COUNSEL Baidoo for defendants (appellants). In discharging the onus of proof, which lay upon the plaintiff family, the latter relied solely on traditional evidence, and their

Division:    IN THE COURT OF APPEAL Date:    2ND NOVEMBER, 1959. Before:    VAN LARE AG. C.J., GRANVILLE SHARP J.A. AND OLLENNU J. JUDGMENT OF VAN LARE AG. CJ. On the 27th October, 1959 we allowed this appeal from a judgment of the Judge of the Land Court, Sekondi, by which he set aside a decision in

Division: IN THE HIGH COURT (LANDS DIVISION), CAPE COAST Date: 30TH OCTOBER, 1959. Before: ADUMUA-BOSSMAN J. JUDGMENT OF ADUMUA-BOSSMAN J. (His lordship referred to the history of the case, examined the evidence of the plaintiff and his witnesses, and continued: -) From the foregoing examination of the evidence of the plaintiff and his two witnesses,