AZU CRABBE C.J.
Section 95 (3) (b) of the Courts. Act, 1971 (Act 372), under which Aboagye J. has stated this case for our consideration reads as follows:
“(3) A judge of the High Court ... may at any time before judgment -
(b) ... on the trial of any criminal case ... reserve for the consideration of the Court of Appeal on a case stated by him any question of law which may arise in the trial.”
The case stated is as follows:
“The ten accused persons were on 20 May 1971, committed by His Worship Mr. E. T. A. Torto, District Magistrate, to the High Court, Accra for trial on charges of conspiracy to defraud contrary to sections 23 (1) and 131 of the Criminal Code, 1960; defrauding by false pretences contrary to section 131 of the Criminal Code, 1960; forgery of document contrary to section 158 of the Criminal Code, 1960; uttering forged document, contrary to section 169 of the Criminal Code, 1960; and making illegal payments outside Ghana contrary to section 6 and paragraph 5 (1) of Part …