ADJEI JONES vs. THE REPUBLIC [2015]DLHC3523

Date	2015-12-08
Suit No.	CASE NO.D15/121/15
Citation No.	[2015]DLHC3523

HER LADYSHIP ANGELINA MENSAH-HOMIAH (MRS.) JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT

JAMES OSEI KOFI FOR APPELLANT

LAURETTA YEBOA AGYEI-AMPOFO FOR REPUBLIC.

[2015]DLHC3523
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><a name="OLE_LINK1">ADJEI
JONES<o:p></o:p></a>vs.<o:p></o:p>THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[HIGH COURT (COMMERCIAL DIVISION), KUMASI]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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CASE NO.D15/121/15&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; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE: 8TH
DECEMBER, 2015<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>JAMES
OSEI KOFI FOR APPELLANT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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LAURETTA YEBOA AGYEI-AMPOFO FOR
REPUBLIC.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>

HER LADYSHIP ANGELINA MENSAH-HOMIAH (MRS.) JUSTICE
OF THE HIGH COURT<o:p></o:p>

JUDGEMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">The Appellant herein, Adjei Jones, was arraigned before the
Circuit Court, Kumasi on the&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;following; 
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:
&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">COUNT ONE<o:p></o:p>STATEMENT
OF OFFENCE<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">CAUSING UNLAWFUL HARM CONTRARY TO SECTION 69 OF ACT 29/30<o:p></o:p>PARTICULARS
OF OFFENCE<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">ADJEI JONES, KENTE WEAVER/DRIVER: For that on 21st
day of June, 2009 at Old Hemang Junction in the Ashanti Region and within the
jurisdiction of this court, did cause harm to Sarah Ewudzi<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">This is an appeal from the District Court, Mankranso, in
the Ashanti Region where the Appellant was convicted and sentenced on a charge
of causing unlawful harm, contrary to section 69 of the criminal and other
offences Act 1960, Act 29.<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">The particulars of offence are as follows:-<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">“Anokyewaa Mary: Trader on 27th September, 2015
at Poku Krom in the Ahafo-Ano South District of the Ashanti Region and within
the jurisdiction of this court, you caused harm to one Badariya Mohammed”.<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">She pleaded Guilty to this charge.<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">Simply put, the facts which had to the prosecution,
conviction and sentence of the Appellant are that the Appellant alleged that
the complainant had made mockery of her and she vowed to fight the complainant.<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>