[1961]DLSC877 • June 26, 1961 • Supreme Court •
COMMISSIONER OF POLICE vs. ISAAC ANTWI
The appellant, managing director of Ashanti Turf Club, was convicted of stealing £G92 during May and June 1958 by misappropriating cash accessible to him by virtue of his office. The defense claimed the monies were used for Turf Club business expenses without receipts, which was customary. The appellant was sentenced to five months imprisonment with hard labour.
read moreJUDGMENT OF KORSAH C.J. Korsah C.J. delivered the judgment of the court. The appellant was convicted by the circuit judge at Kumasi on the 14th February, 1961, of stealing by means of his employment, for that he during the months of May and June, 1958, stole cash the sum of £G92, the property of the Ashanti Turf Club, Limited, to which sum he had the means of access by reason of his office as a managing director of the Ashanti Turf Club, and was sentenced to five months’ imprisonment with hard labour. At the trial the defence to the charge was that from time to time monies were received from the cashier and the amounts jotted down on paper and finally a voucher covering £G132 was prepared and signed by the appellant; the amount so received was used in the Turf Club business in which no receipts were taken and no receipts were in the circumstances necessary. By the appellant’s service agreement he was authorised, inter alia, to: “exercise and carry out all such powers and ...