THE REPUBLIC vs. ERNEST THOMPSON , JOHN HAGAN MENSAH, JULIET HASSANA KRAMER, CALEB KWAKU AFAGLO AND PETER HAYIBOR [2019]DLCA8751

THE REPUBLIC vs. ERNEST THOMPSON , JOHN HAGAN MENSAH, JULIET HASSANA KRAMER, CA... [2019]DLCA8751

Date	2019-04-03
Suit No.	CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. H2/18/2019
Citation No.	[2019]DLCA8751

V. D OFOE JA (PRESIDING)

G. S. SUURBAAREH JA

Y. DARKO ASARE JA

RICHARD GYAMBIBY (PSA) FOR RESPONDENT

SAMUEL CUDJOE BEING LED BY ABEDNEGO T. MENSAH FOR ACCUSED/APPELLANT

[2019]DLCA8751
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>[RESPONDENT]<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ERNEST THOMPSON [1ST
ACCUSED/APPELLANT], JOHN
HAGAN MENSAH, JULIET HASSANA KRAMER, CALEB KWAKU AFAGLO AND PETER HAYIBOR<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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CRIMINAL
APPEAL NO. H2/18/2019&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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:&nbsp; 3RD
APRIL, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>RICHARD
GYAMBIBY (PSA) FOR RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SAMUEL
CUDJOE BEING LED BY ABEDNEGO T. MENSAH FOR ACCUSED/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>V. D OFOE JA (PRESIDING), G. S. SUURBAAREH JA, Y. DARKO
ASARE JA<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:
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</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>OFOE, JA:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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>The
appellant and four others are before the High Court on 29 counts of various
offences. He contends that some of the charges failed to provide detailed
particulars of the offences that he will need for his defence and when he
sought the intervention of the High Court to remedy the omission the High Court
refused. &nbsp;He is aggrieved by the refusal
and has appealed to this court to redress the alleged wrong committed by the
trial High Court. He insists that he needed these particulars to enable him
adequately defend the charges.<o:p></o:p>What
are the offences for which he stands charged before the High Court? For a
clearer appreciation of the opinion we are about to deliver, we will quote them
in extenso.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>COUNT ONE<o:p></o:p>Statement of Offence<o:p></o:p>Conspiracy to commit crime namely, Wilfully Causing
Financial Loss to the State contrary to sections 23(1) and 179A (3) (a) of the
Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29).<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Particulars of Offence<o:p></o:p>1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Ernest Thompson 2) John
Hagan Mensah 3) Juliet Hassana Kramer between September, 2013 and January 2014
in Accra in the Greater Accra Region agreed to act together with a common
purpose to wilfully cause financial loss to the State.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Count Two<o:p></o:p>Statement of Offence<o:p></o:p>Wilfully Causing Financial Loss to the State contrary to
section 179A (3) (a) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29).<o:p></o:p>Particulars of Offence<o:p></o:p>1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Ernest Thompson 2) John
Hagan Mensah&nbsp;&nbsp; 3) Juliet Hassana Kramer
between September, 2013 and Januar</main>