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THE STATE
V.
AMANKWA

(1961) JELR 67751 (SC)

Supreme Court 22 Dec 1961 Ghana
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- Appellant challenged conviction on the primary ground that the principal witness, cashier Joshua Okoe Tetteh (P.W. 10), should have been treated as an accomplice, requiring corroboration of his evidence. - The alleged complicity arose fro

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Judges:VAN LARE JSC, SARKODEE-ADOO JSC ,ADUMUA-BOSSMAN JSC
Counsel:K. Narayan for the appellant ,K. Dua Sakyi with him Adjetey for the respondent (the State).

ADUMUA-BOSSMAN J.S.C.: The well-reasoned conclusion of the trial judge is challenged by the appellant on the main ground that the principal witness, the cashier, Joshua Okoe Tetteh, P.W. 10 should have been treated as an accomplice whose evidence required legally to be corroborated but was not. Learned counsel for the appellant argued forcefully that the evidence available as to the cashier’s conduct established that he was an accomplice; the conduct referred to was that: (1) he entered up the cash requisition book (exhibit 1) as having requisitioned and received £G1,000, indicating the denominations of money which were supplied to him; (2) he wrote on the withdrawal form (exhibit B) that he identified P.W. 2 (Kofi Num) by his photograph; (3) he recorded in the savings account or pass-book (exhibit A) that the £G1,000 was paid out by him to Num, and he specified the denominations of money in which the payment was made; the appellant had testified that the cashier requisitioned for £G1…

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