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Position of the law regarding a statement not on oath made by one co-accused implicating another and made in the absence of the co-accused sought to be implicated
Position of the law where the evidence of an accused person is inconsistent with his statement made to the police
Whether a statement by an accused person becomes inadmissible where the interpreter confirms that a statement was made by the accused person voluntarily and also admits that the accused said something else but did not retract what he had said before and that the new matter is not in the statement
Whether a statement can be objected to on the ground that it is a confessional statement
Whether inconsistencies in unsworn statements of an accused as against his sworn testimony inures to his benefit
Whether it is proper for the Police not to record a statement made by an accused person on the excuse that the accused had not been formally charged with an offence
Whether or not much weight ought to be given to the testimony of an accused in open court contrary to what he said or wrote earlier before that, whether sworn or unsworn
Whether refusal of an accused person to make a statement is evidence of guilt
Whether the court can comment adversely on the failure of an accused person to make a statement
Whether the statement of an accused person cannot tendered in evidence unless the prosecution have first established that that statement was made voluntarily
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