REX
V.
EMANUEL SHOKALE GEORGE .

 KINGDON, C.J., NIGERIA.

In this case the appellant was charged before the Ibadan Division of the High Court at Ijebu Ode with contravening section 8A of the West African Currency Notes Ordinance, which reads as follows :-

“8A. If any person while in Nigeria attempts to procure another person to forge any currency note, whether in Nigeria or at any place not in Nigeria, he shall on conviction be liable to imprisonment for ten years.”

The evidence for the prosecution consisted of the putting in of a letter and its envelope (Exhibit “A”) and proof that appellant produced a copy (Exhibit “B”) of “A” from his house, and evidence of a handwriting expert that “ A “ and “ B” were identical. The letter is addressed to a firm in the U.S.A. and is signed “ E. S. George.” The incriminating part of the letter consists of the words “ Herewith enclosed a British Postal Order (No. I.C.OO8861) of (2s. 6d.) two shillings and six pence, to buy one-fourth of one hundred of currency notes.” The envelope sho…