THE REPUBLIC vs. KOFI ANDOH EX PARTE: EBU. KWAKU YEBOAH AND OBAATAN KOFI SAAH [2012]DLCA8661

Date	2012-03-15
Suit No.	SUIT NO.HI/57/2011
Citation No.	[2012]DLCA8661

S.MARFUL-SAU J.A (PRESIDING)

C.J.HONYENUGA J.A

DENNIS D. ADJEI J.A

JOSEPH APPIATSE ESQ. FOR RESPONDENT/APPELLANT

FIIFI ABBAM ESQ. FOR THE APPLICANTS/RESPONDENT

[2012]DLCA8661
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p>KOFI ANDOH<o:p></o:p>EX PARTE: EBU.
KWAKU YEBOAH AND OBAATAN KOFI SAAH<o:p></o:p>(APPLICANTS/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, CAPE COAST]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">SUIT NO.HI/57/2011&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;DATE: 15TH MARCH,
2012<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>JOSEPH
APPIATSE ESQ. FOR RESPONDENT/APPELLANT <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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FIIFI
ABBAM ESQ. FOR THE APPLICANTS/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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S.MARFUL-SAU
J.A (PRESIDING), C.J.HONYENUGA J.A, DENNIS D. ADJEI J.A<o:p></o:p>

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</div>DENNIS
ADJEI, J.A.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>On 25th October, 2010 the High Court Agona
Swedru convicted the Respondent/appellant herein&nbsp; for contempt and sentenced him to three
months imprisonment with hard labour.<o:p></o:p>The Appellant being aggrieved and
dissatisfied with his conviction and sentence filed an appeal to this court on
26th October, 2010. The Appellant further filed additional grounds
of appeal on 8th November, 2010. The grounds of appeal are as
follows:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; “1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That the ruling is against the affidavit
evidence<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That further evidence aside of the
affidavit evidence ought to have been taken against the backdrop of the
Respondent’s/Appellant’s denial the he had custody of the stool paraphernalia.<o:p></o:p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That the conviction is not maintainable
and furthermore the sentence is harsh”.<o:p></o:p>The two grounds contained in the additional
grounds of appeal are thus:<o:p></o:p>“i. &nbsp;the&nbsp;
trial judge committed an error when he held that the&nbsp; lawyers for the Applicant/Respondent’s demand
notice dated 21st July, 2008 was proper notice in the face&nbsp; of Regulations 9(3) (4) and (6) of L.I. 798
and<o:p></o:p>ii.
The trial Judge misdirected himself when he relied on the Applicant /Respondent
lawyer’s Demand Notice of 21st July, 2008 to convict the “Respondent
/Appellant”.<o:p></o:p>The brief facts of the case were that the
Respondent herein instituted an action against the appellant herein at the
Judicial Committee of the Ajumako Traditional&nbsp;
Council. &nbsp;In the course of the
trial at the Judicial Committee of the Ajumako Traditional Counci</main>