JUDGEMENT
APALOO J.
The accused is charged with intentionally and unlawfully causing harm to Osei Kwadwo by means of an offensive weapon. The complainant is an elderly man who is obviously about seventy years of age. His dignified bearing in court points to the fact that he is a respectable and well-respected man in his home. He comes from Kona, a town about fifteen miles from Mampong, Ashanti. He is a Methodist by persuasion and is one of the elders of that Church. For his living, he works as the cashier of the Farmers' Council at Kona.
The evidence shows that members of the Methodist Church by habit hold evening religious service on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and I think this fact is well known at Kona. As one of the adherents of that church, the complainant regularly attends these evening services. I find that about 7.00 p.m. or thereabouts on the 19th June this year, the complainant left his house for the church. The Methodist Church is a stone's throw from his house. When he re…