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EKYINABA AND OTHERS
V.
THE REPUBLIC

(1979) JELR 68389 (HC)

High Court 16 Feb 1979 Ghana
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- The appellants were convicted of forcible entry and sentenced to a fine or imprisonment. - The appeal is based on the argument that the conviction cannot be supported by the evidence. - The appellants were charged with entering a plot of

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Judges:ANSAH-TWUM J.
Counsel:DR. TACKIE-OTOO FOR THE APPELLANTS; MRS. OTOO STATE ATTORNEY FOR THE RESPONDENTS.
Other Citations:[1978] GLR 76

ANSAH-TWUM J.: The appellants were convicted on 4 November 1977 by his worship I. Y. Buamah, Esq., on a charge of forcible entry, and each of them was sentenced to a fine of ¢100, or six months’ imprisonment with hard labour. The appeal is against the conviction on the ground that the “conviction cannot be supported by the evidence adduced at the trial.” There was an indication in the appellants’ petition of 4 November 1977 that additional grounds of appeal would be filed when the record of proceedings had been obtained, but it appears the appellants considered the only ground of appeal, referred to (supra) as sufficient, and learned counsel, Dr. Tackie-Otoo, has therefore argued basically on this ground with some amount of elaboration and emphasis.

The three appellants were charged before the District Court Grade I, Sekondi, with the offence of forcible entry contrary to section 202A (1) of the Criminal Code, 1960 (Act 29), as amended by the Criminal Code (Amendment) Decree, 1969 (N.L…

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