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EUGENE ADDO LARTEH
V.
THE REPUBLIC

(2016) JELR 69587 (CA)

Court of Appeal 20 Dec 2016 Ghana
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- The appellant was convicted of stealing and sentenced to 10 years in hard labor. - The appellant appealed the sentence on the grounds that it was excessive and harsh, and that the judgment was against the weight of evidence. - The appella

Case Details

Suit Number:CIVIL APPEAL NO.H2/02/2017
Judges:DENNIS DOMINIC ADJEI J.A. (PRESIDING), CECILIA H. SOWAH J.A., L. L. MENSAH J.A.
Counsel:SIR ASANTE-ANSONG FOR THE APPELLANT; NO REPRESENTATION FOR THE REPUBLIC.

JUDGMENT

L. L. MENSAH, J.A.

The Appellant herein was tried by the High Court, Koforidua on the 31st day of July 2013 on two counts of stealing and convicted on the first count contrary to section 124(1) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960, Act 29 as amended by paragraph 4 of NLCD 398/1969.

The particulars of count 1 is that the accused between the months of February to June 2011 at Nkawkaw and as a manager of Market Direct Company, Nkawkaw branch, sold quantities of goods in his stock valued at GH₵199,938.122, and dishonestly appropriated the said money which is the property of Market Direct Company.

The particulars of count 2 is that the accused between the month of January to June 2011 at Nkawkaw dishonestly appropriated an amount of GH₵12,446.16, given to him as imprest by Market Direct Company.

In the prosecution of the appellant, the prosecution marshalled a four-man witness against the appellant, as against the appellant who called his guarantor mother as his sole witness. At the end …

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