Judgements

Division: IN THE SUPREME COURT Date: 6 NOVEMBER 1964 Before: OLLENNU, ACOLATSE AND SIRIBOE JJSC JUDGMENT OF OLLENNU JSC Ollennu JSC delivered the judgment of the court. This appeal is against conviction of the appellant for murder upon a verdict of a jury. It raised some very important points of law. These have been forcefully […]

Division: IN THE SUPREME COURT Date: 6 NOVEMBER 1964 Before: MILLS-ODOI, ACOLATSE AND BRUCE-LYLE JJ.S.C. JUDGMENT OF BRUCE-LYLE J.S.C. Bruce-Lyle J.S.C. delivered the judgment of the court. This is an appeal from the judgment of Djabanor J. sitting with assessors at the Criminal Session of the High Court, Kumasi, delivered on 28 June 1963. The

Division: IN THE SUPREME COURT Date: 6 NOVEMBER 1964 Before: OLLENNU, ACOLATSE AND SIRIBOE JJSC JUDGMENT OF OLLENNU JSC Ollennu JSC delivered the judgment of the court. The appellant was tried for, and convicted of the offence of manslaughter by the High Court, Cape Coast, sitting with a jury. When the appeal came up for

Division: IN THE SUPREME COURT Date: 6 NOVEMBER 1964 Before: MILLS-ODOI, OLLENNU AND SIRIBOE JJSC JUDGMENT OF OLLENNU JSC Ollennu JSC delivered the judgment of the court. This is an appeal from a judgment of Acolatse J., as he then was, upholding the convictions of, and sentences passed upon the appellant by the District Magistrate,

Division: IN THE SUPREME COURT Date: 6 NOVEMBER 1964 Before: MILLS-ODOI, ACOLATSE AND BRUCE-LYLE JJSC JUDGMENT OF MILLS-ODOI JSC Mills-Odoi JSC delivered the judgment of the court. The appellant was charged with the murder of one Salifu Dagarti and was convicted of this crime on 7 April 1964, at the Criminal Session of the High

Division: IN THE HIGH COURT, ACCRA Date: 4 NOVEMBER 1964 Before: SOWAH J JUDGMENT OF SOWAH J The petitioner asks for a declaration that the marriage celebrated between the respondent and himself is null and void on the grounds that at the date of the celebration of the marriage there was a valid and lawful

Division: IN THE HIGH COURT, ACCRA. Date:29 OCTOBER 1964 Before: HAYFRON-BENJAMIN J JUDGMENT OF HAYFRON-BENJAMIN J The appellant was charged with stealing contrary to section 124 of the Criminal Code, 19601, and was convicted by the District Magistrate, Accra on 21 August 1964 and sentenced to six months’ imprisonment with hard labour. Against this conviction

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, ACCRA Date: 29 OCTOBER 1964 Before: HAYFRON-BENJAMIN J.   JUDGMENT OF HAYFRON-BENJAMIN J. The appellant was charged with stealing contrary to section 124 of the Criminal Code, 19601, and was convicted by the District Magistrate, Accra on 21 August 1964 and sentenced to six months’ imprisonment with hard labour. Against

Division: IN THE HIGH COURT, ACCRA Date: 22 OCTOBER 1964 Before: ARCHER J JUDGMENT OF ARCHER J The petitioner seeks dissolution of the marriage between himself and the respondent on the ground that the respondent has since the celebration of the marriage treated the petitioner with cruelty and although it is not expressly stated in the