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Circumstances where illustration (b) of section 120 of the Criminal Code, 1960 will be applicable

Defences to the offence of stealing

Elements that must be proved by the prosecution to establish the offence of stealing

Nature and punishment for the offence of stealing

Nature of "taking" that amounts to stealing

Position of the law where two or more persons are charged with stealing

The first essential ingredient of stealing

The nature of the offence of stealing as a second degree felony

The particulars of offence in a charge of stealing

The position of the law on stealing by finding

The principle that the prosecution has the burden of proving the specific amount allegedly stolen

What constitutes the offence of stealing

What is necessary to sustain a conviction for stealing

When a case would come under the provision of stealing by conversion

When a thing is said to be stolen

When the date or time an article was stolen will be material to a charge

When the offence of stealing will be said to have been committed

Whether a charge of stealing is proved where a charge of falsification of accounts has been proved

Whether a conviction for stealing would be valid if it is proved that only part of the property was stolen

Whether a corpse can be the subject matter of a stealing charge

Whether a failure to correctly state the owner of the property stolen affect a conviction for stealing

Whether a human skull is a thing capable of being stolen

Whether a person can be guilty of stealing a thing, the ownership of which is in dispute

Whether a person charged with stealing can be convicted of stealing a part of the amount alleged without an amendment of the charge

Whether a person who converts money entrusted to him is liable for stealing

Whether a spouse is capable of stealing from the other under Ghanaian customary law

Whether an accused person can be convicted of stealing a lesser sum

Whether failure to call an identified owner to give evidence of his lack of consent to the appropriation of his property is fatal to a charge of stealing

Whether failure to prove ownership is fatal to a conviction for stealing

Whether it is necessary for the prosecution to prove that all the articles mentioned in the information have been stolen for a charge of stealing to be sustained

Whether it is necessary to prove the ownership or value of the thing in a charge of stealing

Whether land is capable of being stolen

Whether people who own property above their incomes are stealing suspects

Whether roof of fraudulent false accounting means that the suspect is the thief

Whether the fact that a person was not able to pay any money which he should have paid constitutes stealing

Whether the identity of the owner must be proved in a charge of stealing

Whether the inability of the prosecution to prove specific loss to the owner of a thing affects a finding of stealing

Whether the stealing of moneys belonging to a political party is an offence against the State or the public interest or both

Whether there must be an act of the accused of such a nature as to cast a slur on his character revealing him as a person lacking in integrity or as a plainly dishonest person in order to sustain a conviction for stealing

Whether “a claim of right in good faith” is a complete defence to a charge of stealing

Whether, in a charge of stealing, it must be proved that ownership of the thing stolen resides in a particular person

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