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KWAKU OFORI
V.
THE STATE

(1963) JELR 81851 (SC)

Supreme Court 15 Nov 1963 Ghana
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Judges:SARKODEE-ADDO JSC, ADUMUA-BOSSMAN JSC, BLAY J.S.C.
Counsel:Armah for the appellant. D. F. Annan, Senior State Attorney, for the respondent.
Other Citations:[1963] 2 GLR 452 - 456

JUDGEMENT

BLAY J.S.C.

The appellant in this case was charged in the High Court, Ashanti Criminal Session, Kumasi, with the murder of one Afua Dopoh. He was found guilty by a jury and condemned to death by Bannerman J., and it is against this conviction and sentence that he has appealed to this court. Before this court, counsel for the appellant abandoned all the original grounds of appeal appearing in the appeal record, and with the leave of the court, three fresh ones were substituted, namely, "(a) That conviction was unreasonable and cannot be supported having regard to the evidence. (b) That the trial judge erred in admitting inadmissible evidence. (c) That the conviction and sentence cannot stand having regard to all the circumstances of the case."

The case against the appellant as appears on the record of proceedings in the High Court may briefly be stated as follows: That the deceased was married to the appellant with whom she had five children, three of whom were alive, the young…

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