Author: Ibkemmanuel

R V. BUTTON It was not a good runner and so obtained a better handicap than he deserved for the race which he won. He was arrested as he attempted to collect the prize but the deception merely gave him the...

R V. OFFIONG The accused enter the woman’ s room uninvited, took off his clothes, expressed a desire for sexual intercourse with her, and actually caught hold of her. The court held that these acts fell short of an attempt to...

OGUNDIPE V. R The appellants who were in a position to influence the conduct of a trade union, demanded from contractors who required he service of laborer’s, certain sums of money and higher rates if pay than had hitherto been paid...

NNAJI V. IGP the facts were that the elders of a community had met together and agreed that from time to time they would hear and try cases of theft in their community and would deal with the offenders according to...

STATE V. OSOBA The dispatch if 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...

MAJEKODUNMI V. R:  A lawyer was convicted, at first instance, of conspiring with two post office employees to tamper with postal matter. the substantive offence, in section 163 of the criminal code, by its very definition can only be committed by...

KARIMU V. THE STATE “The burden of proving insanity rests on the accused person. See Section 140 subsection (1) of the Evidence Act, Cap. 62 of the Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 1958 which provides- “140-(1) where a person is...

R v. Gould The facts of Gould were that the appellant was married in 1959 and there were three children of the marriage. Several years later a divorce suit was entered and the appellant’s solicitors gave notice to defend. However, before...

In Thomas v R The accused mistakenly believed that his first wife’s previous marriage had not been dissolved by a decree of the court and that therefore his marriage to her was void, and that he was free to remarry. On...

R v Aniogo  The prosecution conceded to reduction of the sentence to manslaughter and there was also the evidence that the accused there thought the deceased was “possibly armed” when he shot him. Therefore, the verdict of manslaughter was not inconsistent...