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...
UDO UDO OBOT v. QUEEN 14 (WACA) 352 The deceased broke into the house of the accused during the night and stole some meat. The accused chased him and cut him with a machete and he died. His conviction for murder...
R V. LYNCH The defendant was charged with aiding and abetting a second degree murder. He drove members of the Irish terrorist group the IRA into town where they had shot and killed a police officer. At the trial, the Defendant...
R V. ABDUL HUSSAIN Abdul Hussain and the other defendants, in this case, where Shia Muslims that had fled the Iraqi regime to live in Sudan. During their time in Sudan, they attempted a number of times to travel to Europe...
R V. WILLIAM GLADSTONE The defendant believed that the person whom he assaulted was unlawfully assaulting a third party. That person was a police officer, who said he was arresting the other, but did not show his warrant card. Held: The...
GADAM V. THE QUEEN The deceased was an elderly woman said to be about 80 years of age. The Crown’s case was that the applicant was laboring under an unreasonable belief that his wife had been bewitched by the deceased woman,...
