ADDAE vs. THE REPUBLIC

JUDGMENT OF AZU CRABBE J.A. Azu Crabbe J.A. delivered the judgment of the court. This is an appeal from a conviction before Djabanor J. sitting with a jury at the criminal session holden at Sekondi on 20 July 1966. The appellant was charged with the murder of Kojo Duku on 21 January 1966 at Aboabo in the Western Region. The brief facts of the case are that on Friday, 21 January 1966, the deceased left his village Ohiayeanisa for Aboabo at about 11. a. m. to see the appellant for accounts in respect of a cocoa farm. At Aboabo the deceased took the appellant to the house of the odikro of the village, and there he told the appellant that he had come to collect his share of the money from the proceeds of the farm. According to the odikro, the appellant said that the deceased was worrying him too much to pay this money and that he was not going to pay. A quarrel ensued, and as it was getting heated the odikro advised the deceased to leave. That was the last time anyone saw the de...