THE STATE vs. AHMAD

The accused is charged with the offence of intentional libel. In the main, the facts of this case are not in dispute. On the 23rd April, 1960, the accused went from his cottage to his village at Keniago to vote. He called on the Keniagohene to do courtesy. He claims that on the orders of the Keniagohene, he was assaulted. He reported this to the central police at Kumasi on the 28th April. The police recorded this complaint in the station diary and sent the accused to the hospital. He was there examined by a doctor and was given a medical certificate. When he took this to the central police, Kumasi, he was given an extract of the report and was asked to take this together with the medical certificate to the Bekwai police. The reason for this is that the alleged offence was committed within the jurisdiction of the Bekwai police. The accused says he took these papers to the Bekwai police on the 4th May, 1960, and handed them to Inspector Nicol. He in turn handed them to Detective Inspe...