[2024]DLHC18264 • May 8, 2024 • High Court
REPUBLIC vs. ROSALINE OWUSU BROWN.
The accused, Rosaline Owusu Brown, was charged with conspiracy and forgery of official documents related to a power of attorney and vesting assent purportedly signed by executors of a deceased's estate. The prosecution alleged that the accused forged signatures to represent the executors in a High Court suit concerning property ownership. The executors denied knowledge of the documents and the suit. Investigations revealed the signatures were not genuine, leading to the accused's arrest.
read moreJUDGMENT Section 173 of the Criminal and other Offences Procedure Act 1960 Act 30 provides that: “Where at the close of the evidence in support of the charge, it appears to the court that a case is not made out against the accused sufficiently to require the accused to make a defence, the court shall as to that particular charge, acquit the accused” The prosecution charged the accused person with two counts of conspiracy to commit crime namely forgery of official document contrary to Sections 23(1) and 158 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 Act 29, and a further two counts of forgery of official document contrary to Section 158 of Act 29. The said charge sheet upon which the accused person was arraigned was filed on the 27th of March 2019. The accused person pleaded not guilty to all the counts after same were read and explained to her in the Twi language. FACTS OF THE CASE According to the prosecution, the complainant Doris Owusu Brown is a trader and resident at Eas...