<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>ROGER KORSAH J.</strong> </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The appellant was charged with conspiracy to steal under sections 23 (1) and 124 (10) of the Criminal Code, 1960 (Act 29), and stealing under section 124 (1) of the same Act.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The facts stated by the prosecuting officer in support of these charges were that: on 27 May 1977, the appellant and one other, now at large went to a nursery and stole two basket-fuls of garden-egg seedlings. On their return from the nursery, the one at large sold his share to the appellant. The appellant, who is a driver, carried the two baskets of seedlings in his vehicle from the village, which by some accident of fate is named Nokwareasa, to Ejura. The complainant, who had received some information relating to his missing seedlings, followed the tracks of the appellant to Ejura where, on finding the appellant in possession of the seedlings, he demanded to know the origins of the seedlings. The appellant </p><p style="text-align: justify;">told him that he bought both baskets from a passenger who brought the seedlings to his vehi…</p>