ATTOH J.: This is a case in which the plaintiff claims against the defendants jointly and severally (1) £G800 damages for wrongful dismissal from the defendants’ employment as market clerk; and (ii) £G519 11s. 8d. being arrears of salary for the period of 29 months from May 1962 to September 1964 at the rate of £G17 18s. 4d.
When pleadings were closed the issues for trial were settled as those in the summons for directions. The plaintiff in evidence said that he was employed as a market clerk by the defendants at a monthly salary of £G17 18s. 4d. Some time in 1962 he said he was charged with embezzling the sum of about £G1,000 before a circuit court at Kumasi. He was tried, convicted and sentenced to two years’ imprisonment with hard labour. During the trial he was interdicted with effect from 1 May 1962. He appealed to the Supreme Court against his conviction and sentence and the appeal was allowed and the conviction and sentence were quashed, a verdict of not guilty entered, and he w…