CHINEAKA NKEM vs. THE REPUBLIC [2015]DLHC3530

Date	2015-12-07
Suit No.	CASE NO.D15/77/15
Citation No.	[2015]DLHC3530

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

MRS. LIZZY PEARL ADDISON FOR APPELLANT

NO REPRESENTATION FOR THE REPUBLIC

[2015]DLHC3530
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><a name="OLE_LINK1">CHINEAKA
NKEM<o:p></o:p></a>vs.<o:p></o:p>THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>[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.D15/77/15&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; &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: 7TH DECEMBER, 2015<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>MRS.
LIZZY PEARL ADDISON 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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HER LADYSHIP ANGELINA MENSAH-HOMIAH (MRS.) JUSTICE
OF THE HIGH COURT<o:p></o:p>

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

</div>This Appellant, who was
charged with three others at large, was arraigned before the Circuit Court,
Kumasi on four charges, namely: Conspiracy to commit crime to wit defrauding by
false pretences; Defrauding by false pretences; possessing forged notes and
possessing counterfeit notes. The statement and particulars of offence read as
follows:<o:p></o:p>COUNT
ONE<o:p></o:p>STATEMENT
OF OFFENCE<o:p></o:p>CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT CRIME
TO WIT DEFRAUDING BY FALSE PRETENCES CONTRARY TO SECTION 23(1) AND 131 OF ACT
29/60<o:p></o:p>PARTICUALRS
OF OFFENCE<o:p></o:p>1. CHIYENAKA NKEM, TRADER,
AGED 29 YRS., 2. RASTA AT LARGE, 3. SWANZY AT LARGE AND ONE OTHER AT LARGE, On
the 12th day of April, 2011 at Alabar, Kumasi in the Ashanti Region and within
the Jurisdiction of this court did agree together with a common purpose to
commit crime to wit "fraud"<o:p></o:p>COUNT
TWO<o:p></o:p>STATEMENT
OF OFFENCE<o:p></o:p>DEFRAUDING BY FALSE
PRETENCES CONTRARY TO SECTION 131 OF ACT 29/60.<o:p></o:p>PARTICULARS
OF OFFENCE<o:p></o:p>1. CHIYENAKA NKEM, TRADER,
AGED 29 YRS., 2. RASTA AT LARGE, 3. SWANZY AT LARGE AND ONE OTHER AT LARGE, On
the 12th day of April, 2011 at Alabar, Kumasi in the Ashanti Region and within
the Jurisdiction of this court, did obtain the consent of one Alhassan Mohammed
to part with cash the sum of 1600 dollars by means of false pretence to wit by
falsely pretending that if the said amount was given to you, you could change
GHS 2,500.00 for him and upon such false representation you succeeded in
obtaining the said amount from the said Alhassan Mohammed which statement you
knew at the time of making it to be false.<o:p></o:p>COUNT
THREE<o:p></o:p>STATEMENT
OF OFFENCE<o:p></o:p>POSSESSING FORGED
NOTES:CONTRARY TO SECTION 18 OF COURT ACT 242.<o:p></o:p>PARTICULARS
OF OFFENCE.<o:p></o:p>1. CHIYENAKA NKEM, TRADER,
AGED 29 YRS., 2. RASTA AT LARGE, 3. SWANZY AT LARGE AND ONE OTHER AT LARGE, On
the 12th day of April, 2011 at Alabar, Kumasi in the Ashanti Region and within
the Jurisdiction of this court, did have in your possession bundles of forged
Ghana Cedi Notes.<o:p></o:p>COUNT
FOUR<o:p></o:p>STATEMENT
OF OFFENCE<o:p></o:p>POSSESSING COUNTERFEIT
NOTES CONTRARY TO SECTION 10(2) OF ACT 242<o:p></o:p>PARTICULARS
OF OFFENCE<o:p></o:p>1. CHIYENAKA NKEM, TRADER,
AGED 29 YRS., 2. RASTA AT LARGE, 3. SWANZY AT LARGE AND ONE OTHER AT LARGE, On
the 12th day of April, 2011 at Alabar</main>