[1979]DLHC1119 • August 15, 1979 • High Court
TINIEYE AND ANOTHER vs. THE REPUBLIC
The appellants, brothers of the complainant Idana Asigri, were jointly charged with stealing farm equipment, building materials, and personal effects valued at ¢6,693.45. The complainant had locked his room and gone to his farm; the appellants allegedly used a duplicate key to enter and steal the items, which they sold in Togo and Ghana. Some stolen articles were traced to buyers. The appellants denied guilt but were found with some stolen items and made confession statements admitting to finding and selling the articles.
read moreJUDGMENT OF TAYLOR J. The appellants here were jointly charged with stealing farm equipment valued at ¢2,833.95; building materials valued at ¢2.789.50 and personal effects valued at ¢1,070 all to the total value of ¢6,693.45 the property of one Idana Asigri. When they were arraigned before the circuit court presided over by his Honour Judge Adadevoh, they pleaded not guilty and the prosecutor gave the following facts: “Complainant is the elder brother of the accused persons. During October 1977, the complainant who is a farmer locked up his room and went to the farm at Waga. The first and the second accused persons went to the house of the complainant and opened his room with a duplicate key and stole the articles mentioned in the charge sheet. They sold the articles in Togo and in Ghana. Later some of the articles were traced to those who bought them from the accused persons. The accused persons were arrested and charged with the offence.” If the prosecu...