YEBOAH AND OTHERS
V.
THE REPUBLIC (CONSOLIDATED)
Ratio Decidendi
Core Terms Beta
first prosecution witness
fourth appellant
learned magistrate
third prosecution witness
evidence of agreement
material time of the alleged offence
first name
description of the second appellant
charge of aiding
fourth appellants
hohoe magistrate district
said particulars
second prosecution witness
evidence of the first prosecution witness
third appellants
appellants
third charges
grounds of appeal
respective alleged contributors of the money
place afore
statement of offence conspiracy
senior state attorney
second appellant
charges
criminal code
necessary information
sixth accused
cpl. e. o. yeboah
district court grade
order of their appeals
present case
accused person
statement of offence extortion
additional ground
support of this contention
charge of conspiracy
fourth person
mere fact
early stage
piece of evidence shows
fifth accused
fourth accused
e. j. o. appiah-danquah
public officers
place of the commission of the offence
trial court
material time
prosecution
particular place
ATA-BEDU J.
The appellants in the first three appeals were a general police corporal, a general police constable and an escort police constable respectively at the material time of the alleged offence for which they were charged and tried at the District Court Grade I at Hohoe. The fourth appellant is a farmer.
For the sake of convenience I shall refer to the appellants in the order of their appeals as the first, second, third and fourth appellants.
Against the first three appellants the offences charged are as follows:
“1. STATEMENT OF OFFENCE CONSPIRACY:
Sections 23 (1) and 151 (1) of Act 29/60.
PARTICULARS OF OFFENCE
No. 14894 G/Cpl. E. O. Yeboah, No. 12332 G.C./1 E. J. O. Appiah-Danquah, No. 13579 E.C./1 Kwame Kyereme: For that you on or about the 23rd day of October, 1970, at Dufrumkpa/Brewaniase, in the Hohoe Magistrate District, and within the jurisdiction of this Court did agree with others to act with a common purpose to commit crime, viz: Extortion.
2. STATEMENT OF OFFENCE EXTOR…