OBENG AND 2 OTHERS vs. SOADWAH AND 2 OTHERS [1962]DLHC1606

Date	1962-05-18
Suit No.
Citation No.	[1962]DLHC1606

BRUCE-LYLE J.

K. DWIRA POODO FOR J. N. HEWARD-MILLS FOR THE PLAINTIFFS.

I. BOAKYE FOR C. F. HAYFRON-BENJAMIN FOR THE DEFENDANTS.

[1962]DLHC1606
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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color:#548DD4">OBENG AND 2 OTHERS <o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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color:#548DD4">vs. <o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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color:#548DD4">SOADWAH AND 2 OTHERS <o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, SUNYANI]<o:p></o:p>[1962] 1 GLR 364<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.5pt;
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DATE:<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
color:#00B0F0"> 18TH MAY, 1962.<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.5pt;
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K.
DWIRA POODO FOR J. N. HEWARD-MILLS FOR THE PLAINTIFFS.<o:p></o:p>

I.
BOAKYE FOR C. F. HAYFRON-BENJAMIN FOR THE DEFENDANTS.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM: <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.5pt;
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BRUCE-LYLE J.<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>JUDGMENT OF
BRUCE-LYLE J.<o:p></o:p>In this case the plaintiffs’ claim against the defendants is for
special damages of £G22 4s.0d. and for £G3,000 general damages for each
plaintiff as against the defendants jointly and severally for malicious
prosecution. The particulars of special damages appear on the writ and also in
the statement of claim.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The case for the plaintiffs is that first defendant on the 13th
May, 1960, wrote a letter of complaint exhibit B to the police, and in that
letter preferred charges of larceny against the plaintiffs; that the first
defendant confirmed the contents of the letter of complaint by an affidavit
sworn to by himself on the 13th May, 1960, exhibit E; that on the strength of
this complaint the plaintiffs were prosecuted before the district magistrate,
Goaso, on a charge of stealing and were acquitted; that this letter of
complaint was maliciously written and that the defendants had no reasonable or
probable cause for such complaint.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The first plaintiff gave evidence for himself and on behalf of the
other plaintiffs and from his evidence it appeared that the first defendant was
the one who wrote the letter of complaint and that the second and third
defendants gave statements to the police and gave evidence for the prosecution
at the trial before the district magistrate, Goaso.<o:p></o:p>It is necessary to set out in full the letter of complaint dated
the 13th May, 1960, exhibit B and its accompanying affidavit of the same date.<o:p></o:p>EXHIBIT B<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">“Kwasi Soadwah
House No. A.B. 1, Sewuah <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">Abuaso, <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">13th May, 1960.
<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">Sir, <o:p></o:p>Statement of Kwasi Soadwah requesting Police immediate action on
the subject stated hereunder: I am a native of Sewuah Abuaso a farmer now
residing at Tweapease via Kassem. I remember on or about 27th last month, in
the morning I decided to go to my village and to cast my vote. At the Kumasi
lorry park, a friend informed me that I was being wanted by the C.P.P. members
at Tweapease. The friend advised me to stop going there, so I did not go, as
advised. The next day, I was informed by one Akumiah that my wife and children
had been threatened by the following persons: Kwaku Beng, and Joe Awuna who led
the C.P.P. thugs and pointed out my house, saying, this house belongs to U.P.
member and that they rushed into the house and forced the door to my room
opened and looted. Subsequent upon this information, I went to the village and
found that the following properties belonging to me had been filtched away by
the C.P.P. thugs, to wit: My one air-tight box containing the following
personal effects: £G100, currency notes, 4 gold finger rings, valuing about
£G11.15s., 6 headkerchiefs valuing about £G2 2s., 6 female cover cloths valuing
about £G15, 4 Hausa blankets valuing about £G11 10s., 2 male kente cloths
valuing about £G12., 40 eggs valuing about 13s., 6 pairs ear-rings valuing
about £G6, my wife’s enamel pans destroyed valuing about £G1, and 1 empty drum
used for collecting water also destroyed.<o:p></o:p>