EUGENE ADDO LARTEH vs. THE REPUBLIC [2016]DLCA4729

Date	2016-12-20
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO.H2/02/2017
Citation No.	[2016]DLCA4729

DENNIS DOMINIC ADJEI J.A. (PRESIDING)

CECILIA H. SOWAH J.A.

L. L. MENSAH J.A.

SIR ASANTE-ANSONG FOR THE APPELLANT.

NO REPRESENTATION FOR THE REPUBLIC.

[2016]DLCA4729
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >EUGENE ADDO LARTEH <o:p></o:p>(APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;THE
REPUBLIC &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT
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CIVIL APPEAL NO.H2/02/2017&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 20TH DECEMBER, 2016<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>SIR ASANTE-ANSONG FOR THE
APPELLANT.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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NO
REPRESENTATION FOR THE REPUBLIC.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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DENNIS
DOMINIC ADJEI J.A. (PRESIDING), CECILIA H. SOWAH J.A., L. L. MENSAH J.A.<o:p></o:p>

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</div>L.
L. MENSAH, J.A.<o:p></o:p>The
Appellant herein was tried by the High Court, Koforidua on the 31st
day of July 2013 on two counts of stealing and convicted on the first count
contrary to section 124(1) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960, Act 29 as
amended by paragraph 4 of NLCD 398/1969.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
particulars of count 1 is that the accused between the months of February to
June 2011 at Nkawkaw and as a manager of Market Direct Company, Nkawkaw branch,
sold quantities of goods in his stock valued at GH₵199,938.122, and dishonestly
appropriated the said money which is the property of Market Direct Company.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
particulars of count 2 is that the accused between the month of January to June
2011 at Nkawkaw dishonestly appropriated an amount of GH₵12,446.16, given to him as imprest by
Market Direct Company.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In
the prosecution of the appellant, the prosecution marshalled a four-man witness
against the appellant, as against the appellant who called his guarantor mother
as his sole witness.&nbsp; At the end of the
trial, the appellant was found guilty as aforementioned, on count 1 but
acquitted and discharged and on count 2.&nbsp;
He was sentenced to a term of ten years in hard labour.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>GROUNDS
OF APPEAL:<o:p></o:p>Aggrieved,
the appellant appealed to this court with the following grounds of appeal:<o:p></o:p><p</main>