COMMISSIONER OF POLICE MID-WESTERN STATE OF NIGERIA
V.
ORUWARE

(1974) JELR 44445 (SC)

Supreme Court · SC.93/1974 · 25 Oct 1974 · Nigeria
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Other Citations

(1974) All N.L.R 627 (1974) 10 S.C. 12

CORAM

TASLIM OLAWALE ELIAS Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria DAN IBEKWE Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria AYO GABRIEL IRIKEFE Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria

Core Terms ^Beta

illegal purpose

prosecution

counsel

poison

section

appeal

person

respondent

senior magistrate

case

criminal code cap

evidence

poisonous matter

charge

conviction of the appellant

criminal code

laws of western state of nigeria

learned trial judge

occasional pills

offence

possession of the pills

stephen oruware

warri high court

19th day of october

2nd ground

accused bed

beginning of the hearing of the appeal

bomade magisterial district

bomadi magisterial district

first count

following remarks

hard labour

leading judgment

learned judge of appeal

medical assistant

medical practitioner

month of june

possession of the ladies

present case

qualified doctor

quantity of ladies occasional pills

s.278 of the criminal code

second count

steel pills

suggestion of the learned counsel

support of his contention

t. o. elias

T. O. ELIAS, C.J.N. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The appellant in this case was originally charged in BOM/173/71 as follows:

"FIRST COUNT: That you Stephen Oruware (m) during the month of June 1971 at Burutu in the Bomade Magisterial District unlawfully supplied to one Rita Okonedo ( some quantity of "Apiol and Steel Pills" knowing that they were intended to be unlawfully used to procure her miscarriage and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 173 of the Criminal Code Cap. 28 Vol. I, Laws of Western State of Nigeria 1959, applicable in the Mid-western State of Nigeria.

"SECOND COUNT: That you Stephen Oruware (m) on the 19th day of October, 1971 at Burutu in the Bomadi Magisterial District did possess Poison to wit; Some quantity of Ladies Occasional Pills", with the intent that they shall be used for an illegal purpose and thereby committed an offence, punishable under Section 277 of the Criminal Code Cap. 28 Vol. I, Laws of Western State of Nigeria 1959, applic…

COMMISSIONER OF POLICE MID-WESTERN STATE OF NIGERIA V. ORUWARE

COMMISSIONER OF POLICE MID-WESTERN STATE OF NIGERIA
V.
ORUWARE