THE REPUBLIC vs. THE CIRCUIT COURT, TAMALE ABDULAI SIRTA: EX-PARTE AYAABA

BARTELS-KODWO J.A. This is an appeal by the Respondent/Appellant (to be known here as the Appellant) i. e. the Republic against the Ruling of the High Court, Tamale dated 24th February, 2017 granting the Applicant/Respondent (to be known here as the Respondent) an application for Judicial Review in the nature of Certiorari quashing the conviction and sentence of the Respondent by the Circuit Court, Tamale dated 7th September, 2016. This conviction had earlier been affirmed by the High Court on 15th February, 2017 in its judgment in respect of an Appeal by the Respondent on 28th September, 2016 against his conviction and sentence. FACTS Upon a complaint by the interested party employer of the Respondent to the police the Respondent was charged with one count of stealing and put before the Circuit Court, Tamale. It is the case that the Complainant, a licensed gold buyer installed a machine for crashing gold bearing rocks at his mine site in Wasipe where he engaged the Respondent a...