AFRIYIE vs. DANSOWAH

JUDGMENT OF SARKODEE J. The plaintiff brought an action against the defendant in District Court Grade II, Takoradi, for slander. The words complained of were that the plaintiff was a witch and that by her witchcraft she had killed Atta Maame and had taken over the stall of the deceased in the market and occupied it; that by her act the plaintiff had committed an offence against Almighty God; finally that every person in Takoradi market knew that the plaintiff was a witch. By reason of the words complained of the plaintiff said she had been greatly injured in her character, credit and reputation. She added that since the defendant uttered these words, “People fear to buy things from her.” She therefore claimed ¢1,000 damages for slander. The defendant counterclaimed from the plaintiff the sum of ¢1,000 damages also for slander. According to the defendant the offending words were that she, the defendant, was a prostitute who had had sexual intercourse with all the men in...