JUDGEMENT
APALOO J.S.C.
The applicant, who is a citizen of the Republic of Nigeria, was on 30 March 1963, convicted by the Circuit Court, Ho, of the offences of possessing forged document and uttering forged document and was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment with hard labour on each count. An amount of £G2,520 which was used by him in the commission of the offences was ordered to be forfeited to the government and also two sums of money which were found in his possession and in respect of which no charges were preferred against him. The court also recommended his deportation at the expiry of the sentence. He appealed against his conviction and sentence to the High Court, Ho. On 28 June 1963, the High Court constituted by Siriboe J. (as he then was) dismissed the appeal against his conviction on both counts, but reduced the sentence from four years to two years. The learned High Court judge also set aside the order of confiscation of the two sums of money found with the appellant and…