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SUPREME COURT, ACCRA DATE: 12TH NOVEMBER, 1962 BEFORE: OLLENNU, J.S.C., SARKODEE-ADOO and MILLS-ODOI, JJ.S.C. It is provided by regulation 69 of the Local Courts Procedure Regulations, 1959 that: “69. The Local Court shall consider whether a plea made under Regulation 68 is made out and give its decision which shall be written in the Record […]
DUAH v. BENG [1962] 2 GLR 121 Read More »
HIGH COURT, SUNYANI DATE: 2ND NOVEMBER, 1962 BEFORE: BRUCE-LYLE, J. CASE REFERRED TO Kofi v. Brentuo (1944) 10 W.A.C.A. 92 [p.119] of [1962] 2 GLR 118 NATURE OF PROCEEDINGS ACTION to set aside the sale of the plaintiff’s farm, and for damages for wrongful sale and a perpetual injunction restraining the defendants and their agents
NTI v. SUNYANIHENE AND OTHERS [1962] 2 GLR 118 Read More »
HIGH COURT, CAPE COAST DATE: 29TH OCTOBER, 1962 BEFORE: CHARLES, J. NATURE OF PROCEEDINGS APPEAL against conviction and sentence for gaming in a public place contrary to the Lotteries and Betting Act, 1960 (Act 31), s. 18 (1), entered in the Cape Coast Magistrate’s Court on the 20th August, 1962. COUNSEL T. D. Brodie-Mends for
HAUSA v. COMMISSIONER OF POLICE [1962] 2 GLR 116 Read More »
HIGH COURT, CAPE COAST DATE: 29TH OCTOBER, 1962 BEFORE: CHARLES, J. NATURE OF PROCEEDINGS APPEAL against conviction and sentence for gaming in a public place contrary to the Lotteries and Betting Act, 1960 (Act 31), s. 18 (1), entered in the Cape Coast Magistrate’s Court on the 20th August, 1962. COUNSEL T. D. Brodie-Mends
HAUSA v. COMMISSIONER OF POLICE [1962] 2 GLR 116 Read More »
SUPREME COURT DATE: 26TH OCTOBER, 1962 BEFORE: KORSAH, C.J., ADUMUA-BOSSMAN AND MILLS-ODOI, JJ.S.C. CASES REFERRED TO (1) R. v. Hazelton (1874) L.R. 2 C.C.R. 134; 13 Cox C.C. 1 (2) R. v. Parker (1837) 2 Mood. 1; 169 E.R. 1; 7 C. & P. 825 NATURE OF PROCEEDINGS APPEAL against a conviction for defrauding by
COMMISSIONER OF POLICE v. DANQUAH [1962] 2 GLR 144 Read More »
SUPREME COURT,ACCRA DATE: 26TH OCTOBER, 1962 BEFORE: VAN LARE, OLLENNU AND AKUFO-ADDO, JJ.S.C. NATURE OF PROCEEDINGS APPEAL against conviction by the Circuit Court, Accra, for stealing 314 bags of cement, alleged to be the property of the complainant. The facts which are set out in the headnote are taken from the judgment of the Supreme
COMMISSIONER OF POLICE v. ANANE [1962] 2 GLR 107 Read More »
SUPREME COURT, ACCRA DATE: 26TH OCTOBER, 1962 BEFORE: VAN LARE, OLLENNU AND AKUFO-ADDO, JJ.S.C. CASES REFERRED TO (1) R. v. Mensah (1948) 12 W.A.C.A. 346 (2) R. v. Doherty (1887) 16 Cox. C.C. 306 (3) R. v. Bateman (1925) 19 Cr.App.R. 8, C.C.A. (4) Andrews v. Director of Public Prosecutions [1937] A.C. 576; 26 Cr.App.R.
THE STATE v. TSIBA [1962] 2 GLR 109 Read More »
SUPREME COURT, ACCRA DATE:19TH OCTOBER, 1962 BEFORE: VAN LARE J.S.C. JUDGMENT OF VAN LARE J.S.C. The appellant had two cases pending against him before the Circuit Court, Accra. In each the offences were unlawful entry and stealing: one transaction took place in February 1961 and the other in March 1961. The indictments were preferred on
PRACTICE NOTE: BLACKIE v. THE STATE [1962] 2 GLR 219 Read More »
SUPREME COURT, ACCRA DATE: 12TH OCTOBER, 1962 BEFORE: VAN LARE, OLLENNU AND AKUFO-ADDO, JJ.S.C. NATURE OF PROCEEDINGS APPEALS against convictions for murder entered by Apaloo, J., sitting with a jury in the High Court, Kumasi. The facts are sufficiently set out in the judgment of the Supreme Court. COUNSEL K. Narayan for they appellants. A.
THE STATE v. BROBBEY AND NIPAH [1962] 2 GLR 101 Read More »
SUPREME COURT, ACCRA DATE: 12TH OCTOBER, 1962 BEFORE: VAN LARE, OLLENNU and AKUFO-ADDO, JJ.S.C. Section 156 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1960, reads as follows: “When a person is charged with stealing anything and it is proved that he received the thing knowing the same to have been stolen, he may be convicted of receiving,
PRACTICE NOTE: STATE v. ANDOH [1962] 2 GLR 106 Read More »
