JUDGMENT
BLAY J.S.C.
The appellant in this case was arraigned before the Circuit Court, Ho, on 21 counts, eleven of which alleged forgery of documents, six of uttering forged documents and four of stealing. The particulars of the offence in respect of the forgery charges were that the appellant with intent to commit a crime, to wit, stealing, did forge "the signature of the secretary of the Regional Commissioner, Ho," on the documents mentioned in the charges. The facts of the case against the appellant may briefly be stated as follows: the appellant who was a clerical officer at the Regional Commissioner's Office, Ho, in the month of December 1961, proceeded to Accra armed with a document purporting to be a genuine requisition for counterfoil receipt books and on the strength of the said document which was marked as exhibit L during the trial, did obtain from the Accountant-General's Department, two liquor licence books marked in the case as exhibits Cl and C2. Having secured these li…