JUDGEMENT
TAYLOR J.
This is an application for a writ of habeas corpus brought by the father, and directed at the respondent Miss Dora Adomakoh for the body of Miss Rose Mary Anabelle Andoh the daughter of the applicant to be brought before the court for the said Dora Adomakoh to show reasons why the said Rose Mary Anabelle Andoh should not be given in custody to her father, the applicant.
According to the affidavit of the applicant the child was born on 10 February 1969 and from the date of birth until some time in December 1975, he had the custody of the child. In 1972 the mother of the child to whom he was then married left for England and by agreement the child was left in the custody of the applicant's mother by the applicant with the consent of the mother.
In December 1975 without the consent of the applicant the mother went to the applicant's mother at Discove after she had returned from England on a visit and pretending to take the child to Accra for a few days succeeded in obtain…