ANTWI
V.
AMPONSAH AND ANOTHER

OLLENNU J.: The applicant is plaintiff in a suit, No. L.135/60, which was pending in this court in March, 1961. The respondent is the district commissioner in charge of the Kibi district, which includes the village of Sagyimase, eight miles away from Kibi. On the 21st March, 1961, the respondent paid a visit to Sagyimase village in his official capacity. The incidents which have led to the present proceedings took place on the occasion of that official visit.

The acts of the respondent which are relied upon to sustain this application to commit him for contempt of court are set out in paragraph 15 of the affidavit of the applicant filed on the 2nd May, 1961, and are that the respondent on that occasion threatened the applicant as follows:

“Know you that I am the district commissioner and I represent the Government. You should discontinue the case you have brought against Mankrado Kwabena Amponsah and Opanin Yaw Afum in the High Court, Accra, otherwise whether you win the case or not I s…