JUDGMENT
BENIN J.
The appellant was arraigned before the Circuit Court, Tamale charged with three counts of stealing under section 124 (1) of the Criminal Code, 1960 (Act 29). The brief facts of the case were as follows: One Alhassan Alhassan complained to the police he had lost seven cows. In the course of police investigations these cows were traced to a named village. And the fellow in whose possession the cows were found named one Abdulai Seidu, the second prosecution witness, as the person who owned them. Abdulai Seidu also mentioned the appellant as the fellow from whom he had purchased them. This led to the arrest of the appellant who also named one Salifu Zanwara as the owner of same, although the appellant admitted he sold the cows to Abdulai Seidu.
He was charged with the offence of stealing on three counts as the cows were allegedly owned by three other named persons, excluding the original complainant. Three ailing cows among the seven were sold and ¢72,000 realised. The appe…