NUNGU V. R The accused aimed a blow at his brother with a heavily weighted axe, but turned away the cutting edge of the blade and struck him only with the wooden shaft. The brother still died. The court accepted that...
R V. STEANE The accused, the British subject, had broadcast for the Germans during the second world war, his purpose apparently being to save his wife and children from a concentration camp. After the war he was convicted of “an act...
HYAM V. D.P.P Dealing with intention in cases of murder, the House of Lords held that an act to intentionally cause death of grievous bodily harm if the accused deliberately and intentionally did an act knowing that death or grievous bodily...
R V. NWAOKE The accused pointed a juju called “onye uku” at the deceased who owed him money and said if the he(the deceased) refused to pay him the money he was owing him(accused) the juju will kill him or he...
R V. UKO Defines possession through an accomplice, inhaling possession for the purpose of the law even though another person has actual possession of the thing in question. Hey there, you’re welcome once again to Ansmyques.com (short for Answer my Questions)...
AREH V. C.O.P in this case a conviction was quashed because the prosecution had failed to prove that the place where the alleged offence occurred –warri General Hospita- was a public place “when certain elements constitute an offence, they must be...
SUMMARY OF R V. AKANDE A who had stolen a cow and shot at the owner who gave chase, was correctly convicted of stealing and attempted murder, Irwin J however thought it not to be desirable to include count of stealing...
R V. MANLEY A person who makes false allegations to the police thereby causing them to waste time in investigations and to suspect innocent people is guilty of public mischief. Hey there, you’re welcome once again to Ansmyques.com (short for Answer...
R V. OSOBA The dispatch of a telegram from Lagos to London which Induced the conversion of money in England to the use of the accused was sufficient initial element to ground a charge of stealing against the accused under the...
AOKO V. FAGBEMI A woman cannot be convicted for adultery in the Sothern states, because it is not prescribed as an offence in any written law in those states. Hey there, you’re welcome once again to Ansmyques.com (short for Answer my...
