[1962]DLSC1477 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 5pt; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#548DD4"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#00B0F0">KOFI ESSEL</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#00B0F0"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom: 5pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#00B0F0"> vs.</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#00B0F0"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom: 5pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#00B0F0">THE STATE</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#00B0F0"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom: 5pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">[SUPREME COURT]</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom: 1.5pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 0in 1pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom: 5pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: none; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">[1962] 1 GLR 397</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;"> </span><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">DATE:</span></i><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#00B0F0"> </span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">25TH MAY, 1962.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">COUNSEL: </span></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">E. N. P. SOWAH FOR THE APPELLANT.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom: 1.5pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 0in 1pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: none; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">P. ADJETEY FOR THE RESPONDENT (THE STATE).<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">CORAM:</span></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">VAN LARE, SARKODEE-ADOO AND ADUMUA-BOSSMAN, JJ.S.C.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="border-top: 1.5pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1.5pt solid windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0in; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom: 5pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: none; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 5pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">ADUMUA-BOSSMAN J.S.C.</span></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 5pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">Adumua-Bossman J.S.C delivered the judgment of the court. The appellant was convicted on a charge of manslaughter, the particulars of the offence being that he, on the 22nd February, 1960, at Weija on junction the Accra-Winneba road, unlawfully caused the death of one Doku Gakpetor.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 5pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 5pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">The prosecution’s case against the appellant was that sometime between 7.45 and 8.30 a.m. on the material date, while he was driving a five ton Bedford truck No. AG. 2223 along the Accra-Winneba Road in the direction of Winneba between the village of Odorkor and Weija junction, he drove the vehicle in such a manner as to cause it to collide, just about the point where the branch road from Weija village crosses the main Accra-Winneba road, with another vehicle, a five ton Commer truck No. AG. 1612 which was proceeding ahead of him in the same direction, and in the course of the collision unlawfully caused the death of the person mentioned in the charge.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Open Sans", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 5pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"> </span><span style="font-size: 1