CHINEAKA NKEM
V.
THE REPUBLIC
JUDGEMENT
This Appellant, who was charged with three others at large, was arraigned before the Circuit Court, Kumasi on four charges, namely: Conspiracy to commit crime to wit defrauding by false pretences; Defrauding by false pretences; possessing forged notes and possessing counterfeit notes. The statement and particulars of offence read as follows:
COUNT ONE
STATEMENT OF OFFENCE
CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT CRIME TO WIT DEFRAUDING BY FALSE PRETENCES CONTRARY TO SECTION 23(1) AND 131 OF ACT 29/60
PARTICUALRS OF OFFENCE
1. CHIYENAKA NKEM, TRADER, AGED 29 YRS., 2. RASTA AT LARGE, 3. SWANZY AT LARGE AND ONE OTHER AT LARGE, On the 12th day of April, 2011 at Alabar, Kumasi in the Ashanti Region and within the Jurisdiction of this court did agree together with a common purpose to commit crime to wit "fraud"
COUNT TWO
STATEMENT OF OFFENCE
DEFRAUDING BY FALSE PRETENCES CONTRARY TO SECTION 131 OF ACT 29/60.
PARTICULARS OF OFFENCE
1. CHIYENAKA NKEM, TRADER, AGED 29 YRS., 2. RASTA AT LARGE, 3. SWANZY AT LARGE AN…