THE REPUBLIC vs. KYEREMEH HARRISON

"... Justice is inverted when those engines of the law, instead of pinching vicious men, keep honest ones in awe.." Daniel Defoe (1889). It appears to me that the prosecution in this case are desirous of securing the conviction of the accused person who stand charged with the offences of conspiracy to commit crime, to wit robbery, and robbery, contrary to sections 23(1) and 149 of The Criminal Offences Act, 1960, Act 29. The particulars of the offences are that Kyeremeh Harrison ( A1) and one Seidu ( at large) agreed and acted together to rob one Francis Nantwi of his Pontiac Vibe Taxi cab with registration number AW 8489- 14 on 23/11/2014. A1 pleaded not guilty to these charges, hence, the instant trial. The facts on which the prosecution rely are that on 23/11/2014 at about 1:30pm, the complainant was in charge Pontiac Vibe with registration number AW 8489- 14 at Adum, Kumasi. The accused persons hired his services to take them to Abrakaso, near Agona, to pick up a herbal...