C. IDIGBE, J.S.C. (Delivering the Leading Jugdment): In these proceedings the facts in support of the case for the prosecution rightly, in my view accepted by the trial court which justify the conviction of the Appellant for the offences with which he was charged-i.e.
(a) utttering of two counterfeit notes, an offence punishable under section 5(1) (a) of the Counterfeit Currency (Special Provisions) Act 1974, and
(b) being in possession of eighteen counterfeit bank notes knowing them to be counterfeit, an offence punishable under section 5(1)(b) of the Counterfeit Currency (Special Provisions) Act 1974-are, briefly, as follows:
On the 11th day of February, 1976, at the close of the business of the day at the Subat Etinan in Cross River State the Treasury Cashier, Kenneth Aniebok (P.W. (2)), handed over to Okon Etukudo (P.W. (1)), for final check both the cash book and the amount of money collected earlier that day, by way of revenue from members of the public, by the Appellant-a Re…